- 著者
- Todoriki Hidemi Willcox D. Craig Willcox Bradley J.
- 出版者
- 琉球大学
- 雑誌
- The Okinawan journal of American studies (ISSN:13491032)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.2004, pp.52-61, 2004
- 被引用文献数
- 2
Life expectancy for men in Okinawa has fallen sharply relative to other prefectures of Japan and although at present women still retain their lead in Okinawa, if present trends continue, they too will fall. The nutrition transition in Okinawa with regards to increased fat intake and increased bodyweight (i. e. schoolchildren population), may be related to socio-political, socio-economic and socio-cultural changes that were set in motion either directly or indirectly during U.S. administration beginning in 1945.
- 著者
- Deniis Baron
- 出版者
- 琉球大学
- 雑誌
- The Okinawan journal of American studies (ISSN:13491032)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.2, pp.1-12, 2005
Recent decades have seen a rise in nativism in the United States, manifested in calls for tighter immigration controls, resistance ot bilingual education,m and increasing support for English as the official language. There are renewed calls to restrict both the public and private scope of languages other than English, as well as the stignatized dialect called nariously Black English. Afro-Americhan Nernacular English, or Ebonics. While earlier nativist movenents in the U.S. targeteed immigratant groups. Hispanics show more language loyalty and resist assimilation into the Anglo mainstream, supporting their claims with figures from the recent Census 2000/ I will discuss the history of U.S. language policy in light of recent legislation, legal decisions, Census language data, and public commentary on language issues. While Spanish contimues to be perceived as kisruptive and a threat to the dominance of English, I argue that such perceptons are erroneous, based more on prejudice than on linguistic reality.