米軍統治下沖縄メイド研究

職業の実態と社会的役割を中心に

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This paper considers the actual situation and social role of maid as an occupation in Okinawa under the U.S. rule by newspapers, publications of the Ryukyu government and interviews with 13 experienced maids living in Okinawa City. The research shows that, at first, maid worked mainly in the house of American officers and their families. They were paid little, Sometimes got high-end items as a gift and played social role as a popularizer of American culture in Okinawa Society. After that, through economic growth and diffusion of American culture, they lost this social role and changed their workplaces to barracks where ordinary soldiers lived in the base. Therefore, maid became a job for just getting money.