Global borderlands : fantasy, violence, and empire in Subic Bay, Philippines /
Victoria Reyes.
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, (c)2019.
- 1 online resource (xviii, 288 pages) : illustrations
- Culture and economic life .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Money and authority -- Rape and murder -- Sex and romance -- Born in the shadows of bases -- Labor and imagined identities -- Buying inequality.
Taking a close look at Subic Bay--former U.S. military base, now a Freeport Zone-- Victoria Reyes argues that its defining feature is its ability to elicit multiple meanings: for some, it is a symbol of imperialism and inequality, while for others, it projects utopian visions of wealth and status.
9781503609426
2019017646
Globalization--Social aspects--Philippines--Subic Bay Region. Free ports and zones--Social aspects--Philippines--Subic Bay Region.