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Alegal : biopolitics and the unintelligibility of Okinawan life /

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Alegal traces the trans-Pacific biopolitics between a postwar American empire of military bases and postcolonial Japan that secured Okinawa as a U.S. military fortress. It shows how both managed sex in its base towns from 1945 to 2015, and elucidates the potential for Okinawan insurgency in response...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Shimabuku, Annmaria M. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Miscegenation > Japan > Okinawa-shi > History > 20th century.
Military bases, American > Social aspects > Japan > Okinawa-ken.
Soldiers > Sexual behavior > United States > History > 20th century.
Biopolitics > Japan > Okinawa-shi.
Okinawa-shi (Japan) > History > 20th century.
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Summary:Alegal traces the trans-Pacific biopolitics between a postwar American empire of military bases and postcolonial Japan that secured Okinawa as a U.S. military fortress. It shows how both managed sex in its base towns from 1945 to 2015, and elucidates the potential for Okinawan insurgency in response to this collaboration.
Physical Description:xix, 219 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780823282661
082328266X
9780823282654
0823282651