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1 online resource (xviii, 453 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Online access with subscription: Duke University Press
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| Contents |
Introduction: the politics of gender, sexuality, race, and class in the U.S. military empire / Maria Höhn and Seungsook Moon -- Regulating desire, managing the empire: U.S. military prostitution in South Korea, 1945-1970 / Seungsook Moon -- "Pan-Pan girls" performing and resisting neocolonialism(s) in the Pacific Theater: U.S. military prostitution in occupied Japan, 1945-1952 / Michiko Takeuchi -- "You can't pin sergeant's stripes on an archangel" : soldiering, sexuality, and U.S. Army policies in Germany / Maria Höhn -- U.S. military families abroad in the post-Cold War era and the "new global posture" / Donna Alvah -- Crossfire couples : marginality and agency among Okinawan women in relationships with U.S. military men / Chris Ames -- Hidden soldiers : working for the "national defense" / Robin Riley -- In the U.S. army but not quite of it : contesting the imperial power in a discourse of KATUSAs / Seungsook Moon -- "The American soldier dances, the German soldier marches" : the transformation of Germans' views on GIs, masculinity, and militarism / Maria Höhn -- In the middle of the road I stand transfixed / Christopher Nelson -- The racial crisis of 1970-1971 in the U.S. military : finding solutions in West Germany and South Korea / Maria Höhn -- Camptown prostitution and the imperial sofa : abuse and violence against transnational Camptown women in South Korea / Seungsook Moon -- Abu Ghraib : a predictable tragedy? / Jeff Bennett -- Conclusion: the empire at the crossroad? / Maria Höhn and Seungsook Moon |
| Summary |
A collection of essays exploring the world-wide U.S. military base system and its interplay with social relations of gender and sexuality in the U.S. and foreign host nations |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Military bases, American -- Foreign countries -- History -- 20th century
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Military bases, American -- Social aspects
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Military bases, American -- Social aspects
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Amerikaner
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Militärstützpunkt
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Zivilbevölkerung
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Geschlechtergeschichte
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Militär -- Frau und Mann -- USA -- Deutschland (BRD) -- Geschichte 1945-2000.
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Frau und Mann -- Militär -- USA -- Deutschland (BRD) -- Geschichte 1945-2000.
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Militär -- Frau und Mann -- USA -- Ostasien -- Geschichte 1945-2000.
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Frau und Mann -- Militär -- USA -- Ostasien -- Geschichte 1945-2000.
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Military bases, American -- Foreign countries -- History -- 20th century.
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Military bases, American -- Social aspects.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Höhn, Maria, 1955-
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Moon, Seungsook, 1963-
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| ISBN |
9780822393283 |
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082239328X |
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9786613251954 |
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661325195X |
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1283251957 |
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9781283251952 |
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