Okinawa Under Occupation: Mcdonaldization And Resistance To Neoliberal Propaganda
by Miyume Tanji /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book examines classical and modern interpretations of
education in the context of contemporary Okinawa as a site of
neoliberal military-industrial development. Considering how media
educate consumers to accept the plans and policies of the
powerful, it questions current concepts of development and the
ideology that informs national security policies. The book
closely examines the signs, symbols, and rhetorical manipulations
of language used in media to rationalize and justify a kind of
development, which is the destruction of the environment in
Henoko. Through careful analysis of public relations literature
and public discourse, it challenges the presupposition that
Okinawa is the Keystone of the Pacific and necessarily the only
location in Japan to host U.S. military presence. Forced to
co-operate in America’s military hegemony and global war-fighting
action, Okinawa is at the very center of the growing tension
between Beijing and Washington and its clients in Tokyo and
Seoul. The book represents a case study of the discourse used in
society to wield control over this larger project, which is a
more developed and militarized Okinawa . Considering how history
is given shape through external power structures and discourse
practices that seek control over both historical and contemporary
narratives, it reveals how public attitudes and perceptions
are shaped through educational policies and media.
This book examines classical and modern interpretations of
education in the context of contemporary Okinawa as a site of
neoliberal military-industrial development. Considering how media
educate consumers to accept the plans and policies of the
powerful, it questions current concepts of development and the
ideology that informs national security policies. The book
closely examines the signs, symbols, and rhetorical manipulations
of language used in media to rationalize and justify a kind of
development, which is the destruction of the environment in
Henoko. Through careful analysis of public relations literature
and public discourse, it challenges the presupposition that
Okinawa is the Keystone of the Pacific and necessarily the only
location in Japan to host U.S. military presence. Forced to
co-operate in America’s military hegemony and global war-fighting
action, Okinawa is at the very center of the growing tension
between Beijing and Washington and its clients in Tokyo and
Seoul. The book represents a case study of the discourse used in
society to wield control over this larger project, which is a
more developed and militarized Okinawa . Considering how history
is given shape through external power structures and discourse
practices that seek control over both historical and contemporary
narratives, it reveals how public attitudes and perceptions
are shaped through educational policies and media.