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Base Encounters: The US Armed Forces in South Korea
Elisabeth Schober
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Description for Base Encounters: The US Armed Forces in South Korea
Paperback. Ethnographic introduction to the social, economic and political factors that have contributed to tensions on the ground over US bases in South Korea Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; JHMC; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 288 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Anthropology, Culture and Society
Condition
New
Weight
301g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745336053
SKU
V9780745336053
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Ref
99-44
About Elisabeth Schober
Elisabeth Schober is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo, where she is affiliated with the 'Overheating' project. She is also the author of Base Encounters: The US Armed Forces in South Korea (Pluto Press, 2016).
Reviews for Base Encounters: The US Armed Forces in South Korea
'Important'
Pacific Affairs 'An excellent starting point for anyone interested in how the geopolitical ROK-US relationship plays out in the everyday lives of Koreans and the young Americans sent to 'Freedom's Frontier'
The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology 'With lucid analytic prose and vivid storytelling, Elisabeth Schober shows us that the relationship between the US military and the ... Read more
Pacific Affairs 'An excellent starting point for anyone interested in how the geopolitical ROK-US relationship plays out in the everyday lives of Koreans and the young Americans sent to 'Freedom's Frontier'
The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology 'With lucid analytic prose and vivid storytelling, Elisabeth Schober shows us that the relationship between the US military and the ... Read more