War and Gender: How Gender Shapes the War System and Vice Versa

ISBN-13: 9780521001809 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 523 str.

Joshua S. Goldstein

Opis

Gender roles are nowhere more prominent than in war, yet our understanding of the relationship between gender and war is confused. Joshua Goldstein analyzes the near-total exclusion of women from combat forces, through history and across cultures. He concludes that killing in war does not come naturally for either gender, and that gender norms often mold men, women, and children to the needs of the war system.

Recenzje

'War and Gender is a going to be an important book, one to be read thoughtfully.' War in History

Spis treści

1. A puzzle: the cross-cultural consistency of gender roles in war; 2. Women warriors: the historical record of female combatants; 3. Bodies: the biology of individual gender; 4. Groups: bonding, hierarchy, and social identity; 5. Heroes: the making of militarised masculinity; 6. Conquests: sex, rape, and exploitation in wartime; 7. Reflections: the mutuality of gender and war.