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Sex among allies military prostitution in US-Korea relations

By:

Moon, Katharine H. S (Katharine Hyung-Sun), 1964-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York Columbia University Press 1997Description: xiii,240p. ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

97802341106436

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DDC classification:

327.730519 22 MO-S

Contents:

1. Partners in Prostitution -- 2. Interstate Relations and Women -- 3. U.S.-ROK Security and Civil-Military Relations: The Camptown Clean-Up Campaign -- 4. The Role of Women in the Clean-Up Campaign: "Personal Ambassadors" -- 5. The Clean-Up Campaign as Public Relations and "Private Diplomacy" -- 6. The International Is Personal: Effects of the Clean-Up Campaign on Kijich'on Women.

Summary: Drawing on a vast array of data - archival materials, interviews with officials, social workers, and the candid revelations of sex industry workers - Moon explores the way in which the bodies of Korean prostitutes - where, when, and how they worked and lived - were used by the United States and the Korean governments in their security agreements.Summary: Weaving together issues of gender, race, sex, the relationship between individuals and the state, and foreign policy, she shows how women such as the Korean prostitutes are marginalized and made invisible in militarily dependent societies both because of the degradation of their work and because of their importance for national security.

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Item type	Home library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Print	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus Main Library	Special Collection - Indiana University	327.730519 MO-S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		008053

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-230) and index.

Drawing on a vast array of data - archival materials, interviews with officials, social workers, and the candid revelations of sex industry workers - Moon explores the way in which the bodies of Korean prostitutes - where, when, and how they worked and lived - were used by the United States and the Korean governments in their security agreements.

Weaving together issues of gender, race, sex, the relationship between individuals and the state, and foreign policy, she shows how women such as the Korean prostitutes are marginalized and made invisible in militarily dependent societies both because of the degradation of their work and because of their importance for national security.

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