Gender, War, and Militarism : Feminist Perspectives

by Sjoberg, Laura

• ISBN13: 9780313391439
• ISBN10: 0313391432
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-08-03
• Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group

Summary

Feminist scholars have long contended that war and militarism are fundamentally gendered. Gender, War, and Militarism: Feminist Perspectives provides empirical evidence, theoretical innovation, and interdisciplinary conversation on the topic, while explicitlyand uniquelyconsidering the links between gender, war, and militarism. Essentially an interdisciplinary conversation between scholars studying gender in political science, anthropology, and sociology, the essays here all turn their attention to the same questions. How are war and militarism gendered?Seventeen innovative explanations of different intersections of the gendering of global politics and global conflict examine the theoretical relationship between gender, militarization, and security; the deployment of gender and sexuality in times of conflict; sexual violence in war and conflict; post-conflict reconstruction; and gender and militarism in media and literary accounts of war. Together, these essays make a coherent argument that reveals that, although it takes different forms, gendering is a constant feature of 21st-century militarism.

Author Biography

Laura Sjoberg, PhD, is assistant professor of political science at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. She holds a PhD in international relations and a JD specializing in international law. Dr. Sjoberg is author and editor of a number of books and articles, most recently, Gender and International Security: Feminist Perspectives. Sandra Via is a PhD candidate in the planning, governance, and globalization program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Gender, Militarization, and Security
Gendered Identities, Ideologies, and Practices in the Context of War and Militarism	p. 17
From "Soft" Power to "Hard" Power: The Gendered Militarization of the European Union	p. 30
Gender, Militarism, and Globalization: Soldiers for Hire and Hegemonic Masculinity	p. 42
Deployment of Gender and Sexuality in Times of Conflict
Boots and Bedsheets: Constructing the Military Support System in a Time of War	p. 57
Confronting Militarization: Intersections of Gender(ed) Violence, Militarization, and Resistance in the Pacific	p. 69
Fighting in the Feminine: The Dilemmas of Combat Women in Israel	p. 80
Post-war Trajectories for Girls Associated with the Fighting Forces in Sierra Leone	p. 91
Sexual Violence in War and Conflict
Rape as a Marker and Eraser of Difference: Darfur and the Nuba Mountains (Sudan)	p. 105
The Everyday/Everynightness of Rape: Is it Different in War?	p. 114
Sexual Violence during War: Toward an Understanding of Variation	p. 124
Explaning Sexual Violence in Conflict Situations	p. 138
Gender, War, and Militarism in Disarmament and Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Links between Women, Peace, and Disarmament: Snapshots from the WILPF	p. 157
When Is War Over? Women's Stories of Healing and Rebuilding after the War in El Salvador	p. 169
Using Gender to Consider Post-Conflict Forgiveness	p. 182
Texts and Contexts for Gender, War, and Militarism
Feminism, Nationalism, and Globalism: Representations of Bosnian "War Babies" in the Western Print Media, 1991-2006	p. 195
Gendering the Empire's Soldiers: Gender Ideologies, the U.S. Military, and the "War on Terror"	p. 209
Fireman Fetishes and Drag King Dreams: Queer Responses to September 11	p. 219
Conclusion: The Interrelationship between Gender, War, and Militarism	p. 231
References	p. 241
Index	p. 271
About the Editors and Contributors	p. 277
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