Alegal Biopolitics and the Unintelligibility of Okinawan Life Shimabuku, Annmaria M. creator Walter de Gruyter & Co text Electronic books. History nyu New York Fordham University Press 2018 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (241 pages) 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. Cover; ALEGAL; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface; Note on Translations and Romanizations; List of Commonly Used Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Japan in the 1950s: Symbolic Victims; 2. Okinawa, 1945-1952: Allegories of Becoming; 3. Okinawa, 1952-1958: Solidarity under the Cover of Darkness; 4. Okinawa, 1958-1972: The Subaltern Speaks; 5. Okinawa, 1972-1995: Life That Matters; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index. Biopolitics Japan Okinawa-shi Military bases, American Social aspects Japan Okinawa-ken Miscegenation Japan Okinawa-shi History 20th century Soldiers Sexual behavior United States History 20th century Japanese Marxism Japanese New Left Japanese proletarian literature Okinawa U.S. military prostitution biopolitics lumpenproletariat mixed-race studies postcolonial Japanese studies transpacific studies Biopolitique Japon Okinawa Bases militaires américaines Aspect social Japon Okinawa (Ken) Métissage Japon Okinawa Histoire 20e siècle SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General Biopolitics Military bases, American Social aspects Miscegenation Soldiers Sexual behavior Japan Okinawa-ken Japan Okinawa-shi United States 1900-1999 fast Japanese Marxism. Japanese New Left. Japanese proletarian literature. Okinawa. U.S. military prostitution. biopolitics. lumpenproletariat. mixed-race studies. postcolonial Japanese studies. transpacific studies. DS894.99.O3785 S527 2019 952/.29404 Alegal : Biopolitics and the Unintelligibility of Okinawan Life Shimabuku, Annmaria M. New York : Fordham University Press, ©2018 9780823282685 0823282686 9780823282678 0823282678 082328266X 9780823282661 0823282651 9780823282654 https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9780823282685 EBLCP 181103 20240212223432.8 in00004774035 eng