Alegal : Biopolitics and the Unintelligibility of Okinawan Life.

By: Shimabuku, Annmaria MMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Fordham University Press, 2018Copyright date: �2019Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (241 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780823282685Subject(s): 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 centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: AlegalDDC classification: 952/.29404 LOC classification: DS894.99.O3785 .S527 2019Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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