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Base encounters : the US Armed Forces in South Korea /

Base Encounters explores the social friction that US bases have caused in South Korea, where entertainment districts next to American military installations have come under much scrutiny. The Korean peninsula is one of the most heavily militarized regions in the world with nearly 30,000 US soldiers...

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Main Authors: Schober, Elisabeth
Published: Pluto Press,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2016.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Anthropology, culture and society
Subjects:
Military bases, American > Social aspects > Korea South
Military bases, American > Korea South > Public opinion
Public opinion > Korea South
Military bases, American > Korea South
Soldiers > Sexual behavior > Korea South
Americans > Sexual behavior > Korea South
Red-light districts > Korea South
Prostitution > Korea South
Summary: Base Encounters explores the social friction that US bases have caused in South Korea, where entertainment districts next to American military installations have come under much scrutiny. The Korean peninsula is one of the most heavily militarized regions in the world with nearly 30,000 US soldiers in the area. Elisabeth Schober shares the lives of soldiers, sex workers and anti-base activists, to give a comprehensive introduction to the social, economic and political factors that have shaped the tensions over US bases in South Korea. --Cover.
Carrier Form: xv, 214 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [188]-206) and index.
ISBN: 9780745336053 (Paper) :
0745336051 (Paper)
9780745336107 (cloth)
0745336108 (cloth)
9781783717712 (electronic bk.)
1783717718 (electronic bk.)
9781783717729 (electronic bk.)
1783717726 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: UA26
CLC: E712.13
Call Number: E712.13/S363
Contents: Violent imaginaries and base encounters in Seoul -- Capitalism of the barracks: Korea's long march to the 21st century -- The colonized bodies of our women: Camptown spaces as vital zones of the national imagination -- Vil(l)e encounters: Transnational militarized entertainment areas on the fringes of Korea -- It'aewŏn's suspense: Of American dreams, violent nightmares, and guilty pleasures in the city -- Demilitarizing the urban entertainment zone? Hongdae and the US armed forces in the Seoul capital area.

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