A Soldier and a Woman: Sexual Integration in the Military

ISBN-13: 9781138159730 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 396 str.

Gerard J. De Groot; C. Peniston-Bird

Opis

 Spanning three centuries and four continents, from the late medieval period to the present day, this collection builds a picture of the practical and ideological issues surrounding women soldiers, and the ambiguous place they inhabit, uncovering in the process a remarkable continuity across cultures and periods.

Spis treści

I. SEXUAL INTEGRATION IN THE MILITARY BEFORE 1945. Introduction to Part 1. Arms and the Women. 1. Silent Partners: Women and Warfare in Early Modern Europe, Brian Crim. 2. In the Army: Women, Camp Followers and Gender Roles in the British Army in the French and Indian Wars, 1755-1765, Scott N. Hendrix. 3. We Too Were Soldiers: The Experiences of British Nurses in the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, Christopher Schmitz. 4. They Fought for Russia: Female Soldiers of the First World War, Laurie Staff. 5. Women at Work: Chinese Soldiers on the Long March, 1934-1936, Helen Praeger Young. 6. Lipstick on her Nipples, Cordite in her Hair: Sex and Romance among the British Servicewomen During the Second World War, Gerard J. DeGroot. 7. She Wants a Gun not a Dishcloth!: Gender, Service and Citizenship in Britain in the Second Wolrd War, Penny Summerfield. 8. Soldiers in the Shadows: Women of the French Resistance, Margaret Collins Weitz. 9. Do Not Speak of the Services You Rendered: Women Veterans of Avation in the Soviet Union, Reina Pennington. II. SEXUAL INTEGRATION IN THE MILTARY SINCE 1945. Introduction to Part 2: Ambiguity, Contradiction and Possibility, Corinna Peniston-Bird. 10. Soldiers and Symbols: North Vietnamese Women and the American War, Karen Turner. 11. Dark Angel: Vietnam War Poetry by American Women Veterans, Edward J. Reilly. 12. Women, War, and the Veil' Muslim Women in Resistance and Combat, Kathryn M. Coughlin. 13. Between Worlds: Algerian Women in Conflict, Nicole F. Ladewig. 14. Gendering Military Service in the Israeli Defense Forces, Dafina N. Izraeli. 15. Women in Chinas Changing Military Epic, Susan M. Rigdon. 16. And Dont Forget to Clean the Fridge: Women in the Secret Sphere of Terrorism, Catherine Taylor. 17. A Simple Matter of Equality: The Admission of Women to West Point, Lance Janda. 18. Delilah Shaves Her Hair: Women, the Military and Hollywood, Corinna Peniston-Bird. 19. Military Law and the Treatment of Women Soldiers: Sexual Harrasment and Fraternization in the US Army, Fred L. Borch III.