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Book SynopsisThis compelling, interdisciplinary compilation of essays documents the extensive, intersubjective relationships between gender, war, and militarism in 21st-century global politics.
Feminist scholars have long contended that war and militarism are fundamentally gendered.
Table of ContentsForeword by Cynthia Enloe Acknowledgments Introduction
Laura Sjoberg and Sandra Via I. Gender, Militarization, and Security 1. Gendered Identities, Ideologies, and Practices in the Context of War and Militarism
V. Spike Peterson 2. From "Soft" Power to "Hard" Power: The Gendered Militarization of the European Union
Stephanie Anderson 3. Gender, Militarism, and Globalization: Soldiers for Hire and Hegemonic Masculinity
Sandra Via II. Deployment of Gender and Sexuality in Times of Conflict 4. Boots and Bedsheets: Constructing the Military Support System in a Time of War
Denise M. Horn 5. Confronting Militarization: Intersections of Gender(ed) Violence, Militarization, and Resistance in the Pacific
Ronni Alexander 6. Fighting in the Feminine: The Dilemmas of Combat Women in Israel
Tami Amanda Jacoby 7. Post-war Trajectories for Girls Associated with the Fighting Forces in Sierra Leone
Susan Shepler III. Sexual Violence in War and Conflict 8. Rape as a Marker and Eraser of Difference: Darfur and the Nuba Mountains (Sudan)
Sondra Hale 9. The Everyday/Everynightness of Rape: Is it Different in War?
Liz Kelly 10. Sexual Violence during War: Toward an Understanding of Variation
Elisabeth Jean Wood 11. Explaining Sexual Violence in Conflict Situations
Megan Gerecke IV. Gender, War, and Militarism in Disarmament and Post-Conflict Reconstruction 12. Links between Women, Peace, and Disarmament: Snapshots from the WILPF
Catia Cecilia Confortini 13. When Is War Over? Women's Stories of Healing and Rebuilding after the War in El Salvador
Gwyn Kirk 14. Using Gender to Consider Post-Conflict Forgiveness
Sigal Ben-Porath 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
R. Charli Carpenter 16. Gendering the Empire's Soldiers: Gender Ideologies, the U.S. Military, and the "War on Terror"
Laura Sjoberg 17. Fireman Fetishes and
Drag King Dreams: Queer Responses to September 11
Deborah Cohler Conclusion: The Interrelationship between Gender, War, and Militarism
Laura Sjoberg and Sandra Via References Index About the Editors and Contributors
