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motherhood, myth and women's political violence
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Åhäll, Linda
- Publish Year
- 2015
- Shelfmark
- WER 8 2015 - B
- Thesaurus
- oorlog en vrede, moederschap, populaire cultuur, seksualiteit, seksueel geweld, vrouwelijkheid, militaire beroepen
- Description
- This book explores the cultural understanding of actors, agents and structures of war and how can we make sense of attitudes towards women, agency and war today. Ahall argues that all types of stories are informed by ideas about motherhood and maternal reproduction as the foundation of sexual difference. This does not only mean that women are judged based on the shape of their, maternalised, bodies, rather than what they actually do, but, it means that ideas about motherhood function to police contemporary gender norms and contemporary understandings of agency in war.This book argues that maternalist war stories function to reiterate traditional heteronormative gender roles.The body politics of war told through maternalist war stories is a process in which the sexing of war means the policing of gender borders, with motherhood acting as the border agent.
feminists make the link
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Enloe, Cynthia
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- WER 6 2007 - B
- Thesaurus
- globalisering, militarisme, mannelijkheid, vrouwelijkheid, militaire beroepen, oorlog en vrede
- Description
- Militarism is being globalized today, not only because weapons are being traded worldwide, but because certain ideas about 'femininity' and 'masculinity' are being promoted and absorbed globally. Who is presumed to be the 'protector'? Who is taught to be grateful to be the 'protected'? This book considers how women's desires to be patriotic yet feminine and men's fears of being feminized have been exploited to globalize militarism. Through explorations of how governments think so narrowly about 'national security,' of how postwar reconstruction efforts have marginalized women, of how ideas about feminization were used to humiliate male prisoners in Abu Ghraib, and of why 'camo' has become a fashion statement, Cynthia Enloe unravels militarism's both blatant and subtle workings. Focusing her lens on the 'big picture' of international politics and on the small picture of women's and men's complex everyday lives, Enloe challenges us to recognize militarism in all its forms.
cultural politics and media representations of transgressive women
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Owen, A. Susan
- Creator
- Stein, Sarah R.
- Creator
- Vande Berg, Leah R.
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- VS 54 2007
- Thesaurus
- vrouwbeelden, vrouwelijkheid, mannelijkheid, films, oorlog en vrede, moeders, internet, criminaliteit, televisie, populaire cultuur, feminisme, ICT, participatie, technische beroepen, sporten, journalisten, presentatoren, militaire beroepen, historisch, Verenigde Staten, 20e eeuw, 2000-2009, 21e eeuw
- Description
- Analysis of portrayals of women and public institutions: in careers, governmental service and interactions with technology, and of representations of the American feminist movement between 1979 and 2005.
tales from the history wardrobe
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Adlington, Lucy
- Publish Year
- 2013
- Shelfmark
- WER 1F 2013 - B
- Thesaurus
- kleding, oorlog en vrede, eerste wereldoorlog, dagelijks leven, vrouwen in mannenberoepen, militaire beroepen, sporten, mannelijkheid, vrouwelijkheid
- Description
- This history follows the revolution in women's lives and aspirations during the second decade of the 20th century, as reflected in costume and appearance. The book opens the wardrobe in the years before the outbreak of war to explore the contrast between the stiff, mono-bosomed ideal of Edwardian womanhood and the gossamer gowns draped round her. It examines such contradictions as suffragettes battling social and legal restrictions while fashion literally hobbles women with narrow skirts and thigh-length corsets.
how militarism shapes sexuality and romance
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Digby, Tom
- Publish Year
- 2014
- Shelfmark
- WER 6 2014 - B
- Thesaurus
- oorlog en vrede, mannelijkheid, vrouwelijkheid, heteroseksualiteit, terrorisme, militaire beroepen
- Description
- Ideas of masculinity and femininity become sharply defined in war-reliant societies, resulting in a presumed enmity between men and women. This so-called 'battle of the sexes' is intensified by the use of misogyny to encourage men and boys to conform to the demands of masculinity. Drawing on cross-cultural comparisons and examples from popular media, including sports culture, the rise of 'gonzo' and 'bangbus' pornography, and 'internet trolls,' Digby describes how the hatred of women and the suppression of empathy are used to define masculinity, thereby undermining relations between women and men--sometimes even to the extent of violence. Digby identifies cultural elements that contribute to heterosexual antagonism, such as an enduring faith in male force to solve problems, the glorification of violent men who suppress caring emotions, the devaluation of men's physical and emotional lives, an imaginary gender binary, male privilege premised on the subordination of women, and the use of misogyny to encourage masculine behavior. He finds the link between war and gender to be dissolving in many societies: war is becoming slowly de-gendered, and gender is becoming slowly de-militarized.
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