This final volume in the Public Women, Public Words series focuses on what has come to be called the second wave of American feminism. It traces the resurgence of feminism in the late 1960s; reflects the unprecedented range of women's issues taken up by feminists during the 1970s and beyond; and looks toward a third feminist wave for the new millennium.
This final volume in the Public Women, Public Words series focuses on what has come to be called the second wave of American feminism. It traces the r...
Are men truly predisposed to violence and aggression? Is it the biological fate of males to struggle for domination over women and vie against one another endlessly?
These and related queries have long vexed philosophers, social scientists, and other students of human behavior. In Brutes in Suits, historian John Pettegrew examines theoretical writings and cultural traditions in the United States to find that, Darwinian arguments to the contrary, masculine aggression can be interpreted as a modern strategy for taking power. Drawing ideas from varied and at times seemingly...
Are men truly predisposed to violence and aggression? Is it the biological fate of males to struggle for domination over women and vie against one ...
American military power in the War on Terror has increasingly depended on the capacity to see the enemy. The act of seeing--enhanced by electronic and digital technologies--has separated shooter from target, eliminating risk of bodily harm to the remote warrior, while YouTube videos eroticize pulling the trigger and video games blur the line between simulated play and fighting.
Light It Up examines the visual culture of the early twenty-first century military. Focusing on the Marine Corps, which played a critical part in the invasion and occupation of Iraq, John Pettegrew...
American military power in the War on Terror has increasingly depended on the capacity to see the enemy. The act of seeing--enhanced by electronic ...
