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Book SynopsisInvestigates how "W" stands for women. This book contains ten feminist scholars who analyze various aspects of Bush' persona, language, and policy to show how his administration has shaped a new politics of gender.
Trade Review“Full of strikingly original and meticulously theorized readings of contemporary public life,
W Stands for Women is one of the most intellectually and politically exciting books that I’ve read in years.”—Catherine A. Holland, author of
The Body Politic: Foundings, Citizenship, and Difference in the American Political Imagination“Making lasting feminist sense of the George W. Bush presidency—long after it’s over—will be a crucial intellectual task.
W Stands for Women is going to be essential reading as we all tackle this challenge.”—Cynthia Enloe, author of
Globalization and Militarism: Feminists Make the Link“
W Stands for Women offers a compelling, well-integrated account of ‘the post-September 11 security state’ in the United States.” -- Sylvia Bashevkin * Feminist Theory *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii
Introduction: Feminism, Gender, and Security in the Bush Presidency / Michaele L. Ferguson and Lori J. Marso 1
Part I. Compassionate Patriarchy
The Allure of Authoritarianism: Bush Administration Ideology and the Reconsolidation of Patriarchy / R. Claire Snyder 17
The Politics of Compassion in the Age of AIDS / Karen Zivi 41
Part II. Bush's Masculinities
Straight Eye for the Straight Guy / David S. Gutterman and Danielle Regan 63
W's Masculine Pseudo-Democracy: Brothers-in-Arms, Suicide Bombers, and the Culture of Life / Andrew Feffer 87
Part III. Gendered War Logics at Home and Abroad
The Logic of Masculinist Protection: Reflections on the Current Security State / Iris Marion Young 115
Gender Trouble at Abu Ghraib? / Timothy Kaurman-Osborn 141
Feminists versus Feminization: Confronting the War Logics of the George W. Bush Administration / Mary Hawkesworth 163
Part IV. Feminist Responses
Feminism and Security Rhetoric in the Post September-11 Bush Administration / Michaele L. Ferguson 191
Feminism and the Complications of Freeing the Women of Afghanistan and Iraq / Lori J. Marso 221
References 245
Contributors 269
Index 271
