A Violent Peace : Race, U.S. Militarism, and Cultures of Democratization in Cold War Asia and the Pacific /

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A Violent Peace offers a radical cultural account of the midcentury transformation of the United States into a total-war state. As the Cold War turned hot in the Pacific, antifascist critique disclosed a continuity between U.S. police actions in Asia and a rising police state at home. Writers includ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hong, Christine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2020]
Colección:Post*45
Temas:
Anti-imperialist movements > History > 20th century.
Militarism > United States > History > 20th century.
Politics and literature > History > 20th century.
Racism > United States > History > 20th century.
War and literature > History > 20th century.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Politics .
Asia.
Cold War.
Pacific.
fascism.
militarism (U.S.).
military desegregation.
pax Americana.
race.
subempire.
war.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1 "Democracy within the Teeth of Fascism": The Black POW and the Invisible War at Home in Ralph Ellison's War Writings
  • 2 Revolution from Above: Ōe Kenzaburō, the Black Airman, and Occupied Japan
  • 3 A Blueprint for Occupied Japan: Miné Okubo and the American Concentration Camp
  • 4 Possessive Investment in Ruin: The Target, the Proving Ground, and the U.S. War Machine in the Nuclear Pacific
  • 5 People's War, People's Democracy, People's Epic: Carlos Bulosan, U.S. Counterintelligence, and Cold War Unreliable Narration
  • 6 The Enemy at Home: Urban Warfare and the Russell Tribunal on Vietnam
  • 7 Militarized Queerness: Racial Masking and the Korean War Mascot
  • EPILOGUE
  • Notes
  • Index

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