| ID | 100762 |
| Title Proper | Singing diaspora |
| Other Title Information | Okinawan songs of home, departure, and return |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Roberson, James E |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article examines songs of departure and return that trace the Okinawan diasporic experience as these narratives have been composed inside the Okinawa ethnic homeland. Placing these Okinawan songs of migration within historical and political contexts, I argue that they act as sites of homeland cultural memory and that, as such, they participate in the reflexive internalization of a "diaspora consciousness" in cultural identity construction in the Okinawan homeland, which may thereby also be seen as a "diaspora space." |
| `In' analytical Note | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Vol. 17, No. 4; Jul-Aug 2010: p430-453 |
| Journal Source | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Vol. 17, No. 4; Jul-Aug 2010: p430-453 |
| Key Words | Okinawa ; Diaspora ; Memory ; Music |