Commercializing Women in Urban Spaces : Socio-historical Geography of the U.S. Military Base and Neighboring Amusement Center

本研究从社会历史地理学的观点，探讨战后以驻冲绳县美军基地为中心及日本本土周边地区女性自我空间的形成过程。同时，本研究也解释了当地居民对妓女和军事基地的反应和活动。通过对性别空间产生过程的解释，以及对空间中所反映的各种力量的揭示，本研究的目的几乎达到了。我们相信，这一尝试有助于女性主义地理学在日本的发展，我们的挑战，揭示性别空间的角度来看，性别和性。

This study investigated the process that space where women prostituted themselves after the war was shaped around the U.S. Military base in Okinawa Prefecture and the Mainland of Japan, from the viewpoint of social and historical geography. And, this study explained the reaction and activities of local residents for prostitutes and the military bases. The purpose of this study was almost attained by explaining the process of production of gendered spaces and revealing the various powers reflected in those spaces. We believe that this attempt contributed to the development of feminist geography in Japan by our challenge to reveal the gendered space from the view point of gender and sexuality.