Deployment, Bases, and the US Military in Movement: Imagining Japan and the Self Through Race & Sex
speakers:
Mitzi Uehara Carter, Anthropology
Eric L. Robinson, Black Tokyo
Fredrick Cloyd, California Institute of Integral Studies, Anthropology
The March 11th forum examined how racial narratives and identities are shaped and transformed as US soldiers and veterans, local citizens, spouses, and tourists intermingle in Japan and Okinawa.
The Face of Gays in the Military: Neoliberalism, Multiculturalism, and the 'Right To Fight'
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Liz Montegary examines how calls for the repeal of the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, mainstream lesbian and gay organizations like the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) often rely on the testimonies of lesbian and gay service members who “come out” against the federally mandated ban on openly homosexual conduct in the military.
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Documents and Disguises: Transgender Politics, Travel, and U.S. State Surveillance
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Toby Beauchamp draws on the critical lens of transgender studies to examine contemporary modes of state surveillance, suggesting that gender-nonconforming bodies are bound up in surveillance practices intimately tied to state security, nationalism, and the "us/them," "either/or" rhetoric that underpins U.S. military and government constructions of safety.
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