Base Encounters
eBook - ePub

Base Encounters

The US Armed Forces in South Korea

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Base Encounters

The US Armed Forces in South Korea

About this book

Base Encounters explores the social friction that US bases have caused in South Korea, where the entertainment districts next to American military installations have come under much scrutiny. The Korean peninsula is one of the most heavily militarised regions in the world and the conflict between the North and South is continually exacerbated by the presence of nearly 30, 000 US soldiers in the area. Crimes committed in GI entertainment areas have been amplified by an outraged public as both a symbol for, and a symptom of, the uneven relationship between the United States and the small East Asian nation. Elisabeth Schober's ethnographic history scrutinises these controversial zones in and near Seoul. Sharing the lives of soldiers, female entertainers and anti-base activists, she gives a comprehensive introduction to the social, economic and political factors that have contributed to the tensions over US bases in South Korea.

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Information

Publisher
Pluto Press
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9780745336053
eBook ISBN
9781783717712
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Cultural & Social Anthropology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. Series Preface
  8. Notes on the Text
  9. Notes on Transliteration
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. 1 Introduction: Violent Imaginaries and Base Encounters in Seoul
  12. 2 Capitalism of the Barracks: Korea’s Long March to the 21st Century
  13. 3 “The Colonized Bodies of Our Women …”: Camptown Spaces as Vital Zones of the National Imagination
  14. 4 Vil(l)e Encounters: Transnational Militarized Entertainment Areas on the Fringes of Korea
  15. 5 It’aewŏn’s Suspense: Of American Dreams, Violent Nightmares, and Guilty Pleasures in the City
  16. 6 Demilitarizing the Urban Entertainment Zone? Hongdae and the US Armed Forces in the Seoul Capital Area
  17. 7 Conclusion: Seeds of Antagonism, Children of Discord
  18. Notes
  19. References
  20. Index