Transpacific Camptowns: Korean Women, US Army Bases, and Military Prostitution in America.

Military prostitution has been a staple of US-Korea relations since the 1940s, contained in the so-called camptown communities surrounding US military bases in South Korea. But during the 1970s, as the US military steadily reduced its troop presence in Asia, camptowns were thrown into a chaotic stat...

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Published in:	Journal of American Ethnic History Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 33 - 56
Main Author:	DOOLAN, YURI W.
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Illinois Press Summer2019
Subjects:	Koreans Sex work Military bases South Korea-United States relations Southern United States history United States
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