adventure, 6, 25–26, 38, 45, 60, 68, 73, 84n6, 100, 105, 107, 154, 190

Africa, 9, 12, 36–37, 54, 134n6, 158

African American, 37

Agana, 171, 174

Ainu, 4, 164

Akutagawa, Ryunosuke, 27–33, 39, 45

allegory, 5, 33–34, 42, 53, 80, 89

ambivalence, 3–4, 25, 61, 68, 88, 99, 155

American Pacificism, 36–37, 44

Americanization, 59, 63, 67–69, 144, 172–173, 176, 179–180, 182, 184, 188, 190–191

Ando, Sakae, 41, 97–98, 103, 115, 134n4

anthropological knowledge, 6, 62, 78, 97

anti-colonialism, 12–13, 44, 80, 108, 128, 150, 175, 187

Aoki, Tamotsu, 50, 56, 59

Apia, 101, 109

Arai, Man, 60, 66–67, 85n7, 182

Armstrong, Louis, 37

Ashcroft, Bill, 134n6

Asian American, 141–142

assimilation, 4, 7, 14, 20, 26, 29, 34, 40, 45, 73, 88, 91, 105

assimilation (continued ), 111, 131, 146–147, 152, 172, 176–177

atomic bomb, 10, 47– 49

Australia, 102, 111–112, 135n7, 183

bai (community house), 14, 21, 41– 44, 89, 185

Ballantyne, Robert Michael, 74, 98, 117

Ballendorf, Dirk, 180–181

Bamboo Ridge, 161

beachcomber, 106–107, 135n7

Becke, Louis, 68, 99, 106–107, 110–113, 115, 120–122, 135n7, 135n11, 175

Belau National Museum, 43

Bennett, Judith, 135n10, 136n15

Betty Boop, 9, 27, 35–37, 40

Bhabha, Homi, 4, 32, 95

Bikini, 18–19, 47–48, 181

blackbirder, 114, 135n7, 136n12

Bockes, Zan, 189

Boehmer, Elleke, 66, 150

“Boken Dankichi” (“Dankichi the adventurous”), 8–9, 23–24, 27, 34, 36–40, 44, 56–59, 82, 84n4

Bongie, Chris, 25

Booth, Bradford, 105

Brantlinger, Patrick, 38