This compelling, interdisciplinary compilation of essays documents the extensive, intersubjective relationships between gender, war, and militarism in 21st-century global politics. * 17 essays by top feminist scholars from across disciplines * An introduction and conclusion explaining the book's theoretical framework and key insights * Tables and charts * A bibliography
For example, Megan MacKenzie (2012: 60) relates the experience of Mabintu, who was 13 when she was captured by the RUF (Revolutionary United Forces) in Sierra Leone. She had been on the way to see her mother when she was kidnapped and ...
These are among the fascinating discoveries Tom Digby shares in Love and War, which describes the making and manipulation of gender in both militaristic and nonmilitaristic societies and the consequences for men and women in their personal, ...
With a focus on how issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality intersect and are impacted by war and militarization, War Echoes illustrates how this country’s bellicose foreign policies have played an integral part in shaping U.S. ...
Making Gender, Making War is a unique interdisciplinary edited collection which explores the social construction of gender, war-making and peacekeeping.
Focusing her lens on the “big picture” of international politics and on the not-so-small picture of women’s and men’s complex everyday lives, Enloe challenges us to chart militarism in all its forms in this updated edition.
However, the book also identifies channels through which militarized gender identities have been reproduced.
This important collection is essential reading for all those interested in how the military has influenced America's views and experiences of gender.
Maneuvers takes readers on a global tour of the sprawling process called "militarization.
From a feminist constructivist institutional approach the author explores how gender aspects and UN SCR 1325 has influenced the way that the post-national defense organizes its practices and the policies pursued.
This valuable collection of original papers opens up a long-needed dialogue between feminists and the establishment on questions of military values, feminist ideals and war-peace questions on men, women and violence.