Alegal : biopolitics and the unintelligibility of Okinawan life / Annmaria M. Shimabuku.

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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 respons...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Shimabuku, Annmaria M. (Editor)
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.
Biopolitics.
Military bases, American > Social aspects.
Miscegenation.
Soldiers > Sexual behavior.
Japan > Okinawa-ken.
Japan > Okinawa-shi.
United States.
1900-1999
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xix, 219 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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