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oapen-20.500.12657-313362021-11-12T16:23:53Z Footprints in Paradise Murray, Andrea Anthropology Coral Ecotourism Japan Mongoose Okinawa Prefecture bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography In Okinawa, the southernmost prefecture of Japan, “ecotourism” promises to provide employment for a dwindling population of rural youth while preserving the natural environment and bolstering regional pride. Footprints in Paradise centers on how Okinawans’ sense of place is transforming rapidly, along with language, landscapes, cultural traditions, and wildlife: from marginalized and exoticized island phenomena into global heritage resources worth cherishing by insiders and outsiders. Footprints in Paradise is intended for readers interested in the anthropology of US-Japan-Okinawa relations, tourism and island environments, the politics of ecological sustainability, and the shifting ethics of human-animal relationships in the early twenty-first century. 2017-05-01 23:55:55 2020-03-20 03:00:28 2020-04-01T13:31:24Z 2020-04-01T13:31:24Z 2017-04-30 book 631165 OCN: 1030820427 9781785334733 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31336 eng New Directions in Anthropology application/pdf n/a 631165.pdf Berghahn Books 10.26530/oapen_631165 100112 10.26530/oapen_631165 562fcfcf-0356-4c23-869a-acb39d8c84b5 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781785334733 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 100112 KU Select 2016 Front List Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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In Okinawa, the southernmost prefecture of Japan, “ecotourism” promises to provide employment for a dwindling population of rural youth while preserving the natural environment and bolstering regional pride. Footprints in Paradise centers on how Okinawans’ sense of place is transforming rapidly, along with language, landscapes, cultural traditions, and wildlife: from marginalized and exoticized island phenomena into global heritage resources worth cherishing by insiders and outsiders. Footprints in Paradise is intended for readers interested in the anthropology of US-Japan-Okinawa relations, tourism and island environments, the politics of ecological sustainability, and the shifting ethics of human-animal relationships in the early twenty-first century.
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