The Palgrave international handbook of gender and the military. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Gender and the military
• Further Information: Note: Rachel Woodward, Claire Duncanson, editors.
• Editors: Woodward, Rachel; Duncanson, Claire, 1974-
• Contents: Introduction: Gender and the Military -- Part 1 Conceptual approaches -- Liberal feminist approaches -- Radical and anti-militarism feminism -- Institutional approaches -- Organisational sociological approaches -- Critical military studies and gender -- Intersections of gender and sexuality -- Narrative approaches to gender and militarised security -- Part 2 Exploring state militaries -- Sexualities in the British armed forces -- Intimate partner abuse in military households -- Civilian wives of British military personnel based overseas -- Military identities amongst deserters from the Zimbabwean armed forces -- War resistance in apartheid South Africa -- The recruitment of women in the transition of the Swedish armed forces from conscription to an all-volunteer force -- Transgender personnel in the US military -- Military masculinities in the Norwegian defence forces -- Gender and the recruitment of Commonwealth personnel in the UK -- Gender and gender-based violence in the Australian defence forces -- Gender and mental health amongst military personnel -- The Falklands War and its aftermath for veterans and their families -- Gender, masculinities and conscientious objection in the Second World War -- Part 3 State militaries in action -- Gender integration in the Bundeswehr -- Gender and peacekeeping -- Gender, military forces and humanitarian interventions -- Counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan and gender -- The intersection of ethnic and gendered identities in the Israeli defence forces -- Cohesion and gender in armed forces -- Gender and military outsourcing -- Gender and the transition in South Africa from SADF to SANDR -- Part 4 Non-state militaries and supra national organisations -- Women and terrorist movements -- Gender and identity amongst private military security contractors -- Intersections of gendered and racialized identities in third country security contractors from the global south -- Women in paramilitary organisations -- Women and girl soldiers in Sierra Leone -- Icelandic peacekeepers in international deployments -- Part 5 Representations -- Visual representations of women soldiers in Israel -- Gender, cadets the militarisation of childhood -- The gendering of military memoirs -- Representations of military bodies in the 20th century -- Medals, heroism and military masculinities -- Gender, militaries and war film -- The mediatisation of child soldiers in literary fiction and film -- Gendered representations of soldier deaths in the USA.
• Publisher Details: London, United Kingdom : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 306.27; Political science; Sociology, Military; Women and the military; Armed Forces -- Minorities; Masculinity; Sex role; Politics and war; Sociology; Identity politics; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; Armed Forces -- Minorities; Masculinity; Sex role; Sociology, Military; Women and the military; Social Science -- Gender Studies; Political Science -- General; Gender studies, gender groups; Politics & government; Political Science -- Political Freedom & Security -- International Security; Warfare & defence; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137516770; 1137516771
• Related ISBNs: 9781137516763; 1137516763
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 6, 2017).
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