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Book SynopsisIn a century torn by violent civil uprisings, civilian bombings, and genocides, war has been an immediate experience for both soldiers and civilians, for both women and men. But has this reality changed our long-held images of the roles women and men play in war, or the emotions we attach to violence, or what we think war can accomplish? This provo
Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionContributorsPt. IPresenting the UnpresentableCh. 1Gendered Translations: Claude Lanzmann's Shoah3Ch. 2Spectacular Bodies: Gender, Terror, and Argentina's "Dirty War"20Pt. IIWar MythopoeiaCh. 3The Threshold of Thrill: Life Stories in the Skies over Southeast Asia43Ch. 4Techno-Muscularity and the "Boy Eternal": From the Quagmire to the Gulf67Pt. IIIHome/Front?Ch. 5Notes toward a Feminist Peace Politics109Ch. 6Sisters and Brothers in Arms: Family, Class, and Gendering in World War I Britain128Ch. 7Daughtering in War: Two "Case Studies" from Mexico and Guatemala148Pt. IVEngendering LanguageCh. 8[WO]-man, Retelling the War Myth177Ch. 9Not So Quiet in No-Woman's-Land205Ch. 10Wars, Wimps, and Women: Talking Gender and Thinking War227Pt. VThe Politics of RepresentationCh. 11Sexual Fantasies and War Memories: Claude Simon's Narratology249Ch. 12Danger on the Home Front: Motherhood, Sexuality, and Disabled Veterans in American Postwar Films260Pt. VIInterpretive EssayCh. 13The Bomb's Womb and the Genders of War (War Goes on Preventing Women from Becoming the Mothers of Invention)283Postscript317Select Bibliography327Index329
