Alegal : biopolitics and the unintelligibility of Okinawan life / Annmaria M. Shimabuku.
"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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Language: | English |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
[2019]
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Edition: | First edition. |
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Physical Description: | xix, 219 pages ; 24 cm |
Format: | Book |
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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 to this collaboration"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Call Number: | DS894.99.O3785 S527 2019 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780823282661 082328266X 9780823282654 0823282651 |