{"product_id":"w-stands-for-women-9780822340423","title":"W Stands for Women","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInvestigates 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Full of strikingly original and meticulously theorized readings of contemporary public life, \u003ci\u003eW Stands for Women\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most intellectually and politically exciting books that I’ve read in years.”—Catherine A. Holland, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Body Politic: Foundings, Citizenship, and Difference in the American Political Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Making lasting feminist sense of the George W. Bush presidency—long after it’s over—will be a crucial intellectual task. \u003ci\u003eW Stands for Women\u003c\/i\u003e is going to be essential reading as we all tackle this challenge.”—Cynthia Enloe, author of \u003ci\u003eGlobalization and Militarism: Feminists Make the Link\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eW Stands for Women\u003c\/i\u003e offers a compelling, well-integrated account of ‘the post-September 11 security state’ in the United States.” -- Sylvia Bashevkin * Feminist Theory *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Feminism, Gender, and Security in the Bush Presidency \/ Michaele L. Ferguson and Lori J. Marso 1\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Compassionate Patriarchy \u003cbr\u003e The Allure of Authoritarianism: Bush Administration Ideology and the Reconsolidation of Patriarchy \/ R. Claire Snyder 17\u003cbr\u003e The Politics of Compassion in the Age of AIDS \/ Karen Zivi 41\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Bush's Masculinities \u003cbr\u003e Straight Eye for the Straight Guy \/ David S. Gutterman and Danielle Regan 63\u003cbr\u003e W's Masculine Pseudo-Democracy: Brothers-in-Arms, Suicide Bombers, and the Culture of Life \/ Andrew Feffer 87\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Gendered War Logics at Home and Abroad \u003cbr\u003e The Logic of Masculinist Protection: Reflections on the Current Security State \/ Iris Marion Young 115\u003cbr\u003e Gender Trouble at Abu Ghraib? \/ Timothy Kaurman-Osborn 141\u003cbr\u003e Feminists versus Feminization: Confronting the War Logics of the George W. Bush Administration \/ Mary Hawkesworth 163\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Feminist Responses \u003cbr\u003e Feminism and Security Rhetoric in the Post September-11 Bush Administration \/ Michaele L. Ferguson 191\u003cbr\u003e Feminism and the Complications of Freeing the Women of Afghanistan and Iraq \/ Lori J. Marso 221\u003cbr\u003e References 245\u003cbr\u003e Contributors 269\u003cbr\u003e Index 271","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406047191383,"sku":"9780822340423","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822340423.jpg?v=1730494356","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/w-stands-for-women-9780822340423","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}