ISBN:
9780313391439
,
9780313391446
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 282 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Praeger security international
Parallel Title:
Print version Gender, War, and Militarism: Feminist Perspectives
DDC:
303.6/6
Keywords:
Women and the military
;
Violence in women
;
Sex role
;
Women in war
Abstract:
This compelling, interdisciplinary compilation of essays documents the extensive, intersubjective relationships between gender, war, and militarism in 21st-century global politics
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. Gender, Militarization, and Security; 1. Gendered Identities, Ideologies, and Practices in the Context of War and Militarism; 2. From "Soft" Power to "Hard" Power: The Gendered Militarization of the European Union; 3. Gender, Militarism, and Globalization: Soldiers for Hire and Hegemonic Masculinity; II. Deployment of Gender and Sexuality in Times of Conflict; 4. Boots and Bedsheets: Constructing the Military Support System in a Time of War
Description / Table of Contents:
5. Confronting Militarization: Intersections of Gender(ed) Violence, Militarization, and Resistance in the Pacific6. Fighting in the Feminine: The Dilemmas of Combat Women in Israel; 7. Post-war Trajectories for Girls Associated with the Fighting Forces in Sierra Leone; III. Sexual Violence in War and Conflict; 8. Rape as a Marker and Eraser of Difference: Darfur and the Nuba Mountains (Sudan); 9. The Everyday/Everynightness of Rape: Is it Different in War?; 10. Sexual Violence during War: Toward an Understanding of Variation; 11. Explaining Sexual Violence in Conflict Situations
Description / Table of Contents:
IV. Gender, War, and Militarism in Disarmament and Post-Conflict Reconstruction12. Links between Women, Peace, and Disarmament: Snapshots from the WILPF; 13. When Is War Over? Women's Stories of Healing and Rebuilding after the War in El Salvador; 14. Using Gender to Consider Post-Conflict Forgiveness; V. Texts and Contexts for Gender, War, and Militarism; 15. Feminism, Nationalism, and Globalism: Representations of Bosnian "War Babies" in the Western Print Media, 1991-2006; 16. Gendering the Empire's Soldiers: Gender Ideologies, the U.S. Military, and the "War on Terror"
Description / Table of Contents:
17. Fireman Fetishes and Drag King Dreams: Queer Responses to September 11Conclusion: The Interrelationship between Gender, War, and Militarism; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; About the Editors and Contributors
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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