Intimacy across the Fencelines : : Sex, Marriage, and the U.S. Military in Okinawa /

Intimacy across the Fencelines : : Sex, Marriage, and the U.S. Military in Okinawa / / Rebecca Forgash.

Intimacy Across the Fencelines examines intimacy in the form of sexual encounters, dating, marriage, and family—that involve US service members and local residents. Rebecca Forgash analyzes the stories of individual US service members and their Okinawan spouses and family members against the backdro...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Forgash, Rebecca,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2020]
©2021
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; 8 b&w halftones, 1 b&w line drawing, 2 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: The Intimate Effects of U.S. Empire
  • 1. International Marriage in Japan’s Periphery
  • 2. Race, Memory, and Military Men’s Sexuality
  • 3. Living Respectably and Negotiating Class
  • 4. The Marine Corps Marriage Package
  • 5. Creating Family and Community across Military Fencelines
  • Conclusion: On Stories and Silences
  • Appendix A: Methodological Notes
  • Appendix B: Interviewee Pseudonyms with Relationship to the U.S. Military
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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