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Alegal : Biopolitics and the Unintelligibility of Okinawan Life.

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shimabuku, Annmaria M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.