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TITLE: LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL: Prostitution and the U.S. Military in Asia
AUTHOR: Saundra Pollack Sturdevant and Brenda Stoltzfus
PUBLISHER: New Press, NY, NY, Copyright 1992, First Edition (stated), Original Price: $24.95
ISBN: ISBN-10: 1565840496, ISBN-13: 978-1565840492
ILLUSTRATOR: 200 b&w photos
DESCRIPTION: Softcover, Pictorial cover, 343 pages, Measures approx. 8 x 10 inches
CONDITION: LIKE NEW, Pages are clean and tight, Light edge wear
ABOUT THE BOOK: In “Let the Good Times Roll” the women of the bar areas around the U.S. bases in Okinawa, the Philippines, and the southern part of Korea speak about their lives with remarkable candor. In gripping and poignant narratives they describe their families and childhoods, the poor rural and urban areas they come from, life and work in the bar areas, and their attitudes toward the bar owners, the American customers, and themselves. Two hundred powerful black-and-white photographs make vivid the lives, cultures, and economies that have been hidden from most Americans for so long.
Even in peacetime, the U.S. operates a string of strategic military bases across the Pacific. In the Philippines, South Korea, and Okinawa, a sprawling sex industry serves the hordes of soldiers, sailors, and Marines set loose on ironically misnamed "rest and relaxation" tours. “Let the Good Times Roll” presents personal accounts of bar hostesses who make a scant, painful, and often quite dangerous living as prostitutes.
"There is a saying," one Filipina relates, "When a person is poor, they will hang on, even to a sharp instrument. That's what happened to me. That's what happens to the women working in the bars of Olongapo." Complaining about her customers, a Korean woman says, "They say they don't hit women while they're drinking in their own country, but they can do as they please since they are in Korea..." Many of the women are supporting children long abandoned by G.I.s; others send money home to families.
Told plainly and simply, their stories indict the military system that props up the industry exploiting them and raise questions about how such opportunities to act "manly" keeps the troops in line.
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[!author Saundra Pollack Sturdevant, Brenda Stoltzfus!]
AUTHOR: Saundra Pollack Sturdevant and Brenda Stoltzfus
PUBLISHER: New Press, NY, NY, Copyright 1992, First Edition (stated), Original Price: $24.95
ISBN: ISBN-10: 1565840496, ISBN-13: 978-1565840492
ILLUSTRATOR: 200 b&w photos
DESCRIPTION: Softcover, Pictorial cover, 343 pages, Measures approx. 8 x 10 inches
CONDITION: LIKE NEW, Pages are clean and tight, Light edge wear
ABOUT THE BOOK: In “Let the Good Times Roll” the women of the bar areas around the U.S. bases in Okinawa, the Philippines, and the southern part of Korea speak about their lives with remarkable candor. In gripping and poignant narratives they describe their families and childhoods, the poor rural and urban areas they come from, life and work in the bar areas, and their attitudes toward the bar owners, the American customers, and themselves. Two hundred powerful black-and-white photographs make vivid the lives, cultures, and economies that have been hidden from most Americans for so long.
Even in peacetime, the U.S. operates a string of strategic military bases across the Pacific. In the Philippines, South Korea, and Okinawa, a sprawling sex industry serves the hordes of soldiers, sailors, and Marines set loose on ironically misnamed "rest and relaxation" tours. “Let the Good Times Roll” presents personal accounts of bar hostesses who make a scant, painful, and often quite dangerous living as prostitutes.
"There is a saying," one Filipina relates, "When a person is poor, they will hang on, even to a sharp instrument. That's what happened to me. That's what happens to the women working in the bars of Olongapo." Complaining about her customers, a Korean woman says, "They say they don't hit women while they're drinking in their own country, but they can do as they please since they are in Korea..." Many of the women are supporting children long abandoned by G.I.s; others send money home to families.
Told plainly and simply, their stories indict the military system that props up the industry exploiting them and raise questions about how such opportunities to act "manly" keeps the troops in line.
USA Buyer’s free shipping is included in price with delivery confirmation. International shipping available! Just email me for cost: http://yourrainydaybookstore.ecrater.com
[!author Saundra Pollack Sturdevant, Brenda Stoltzfus!]
