Gendering Counterinsurgency: Performativity, Embodiment and Experience in the Afghan 'Theatre of War'

ISBN-13: 9780367595593 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 168 str.

Synne L. Dyvik

Opis

Gendering Counterinsurgency demonstrates how population-centric counterinsurgency doctrine and practice can be captured within a gendered dynamic of ‘killing and caring’ – at once an effort to improve conditions for Afghan civilians, while also subjecting them to physical violence. This contradictory and complementary dynamic cannot be

Spis treści

Introduction: Gendering the War in Afghanistan

1. Performing Gender in the ‘Theatre of War’

2. Gendered Invasions

3. Gendering the ‘Kinder, Gentler’ War

4. Embodying Combat and Fighting

5. A ‘Woman’s Touch’ to Counterinsurgency

6. Producing Masculinities, Justifying Withdrawal

Conclusion: Gendering the ‘Killing and Caring’ of Counterinsurgency

O autorze

Synne L. Dyvik is a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Sussex, UK.