Alegal

Informationen zum Autor Annmaria Shimabuku is Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies at New York University. Klappentext Annmaria Shimabuku is Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies at New York University. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface ix Note on Translations and Romanizations xvii List of Commonly Used Acronyms and Abbreviations xix Introduction 1 1. Japan in the 1950s: Symbolic Victims 15 2. Okinawa, 1945-1952: Allegories of Becoming 38 3. Okinawa, 1952-1958: Solidarity under the Cover of Darkness 65 4. Okinawa, 1958-1972: The Subaltern Speaks 88 5. Okinawa, 1972-1995: Life That Matters 124 Conclusion 143 Acknowledgments 147 Notes 149 Selected Bibliography 195 Index 211

Auteur

Annmaria Shimabuku is Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies at New York University.

Résumé
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.

Contenu

*Preface ix*
*Note on Translations and Romanizations xvii*
*List of Commonly Used Acronyms and Abbreviations xix*
Introduction 1
1. Japan in the 1950s: Symbolic Victims 15
2. Okinawa, 194552: Allegories of Becoming 38
3. Okinawa, 195258: Solidarity under the Cover of Darkness 65
4. Okinawa, 195872: The Subaltern Speaks 88
5. Okinawa, 197295: Life That Matters 124
Conclusion 143
*Acknowledgments 147*
*Notes 149*
*Selected Bibliography 195*
*Index 211*