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gender and the framing of torture at Abu Ghraib
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Caldwell, Ryan Ashley
- Publish Year
- 2012
- Shelfmark
- WER 8 2012 - B
- Thesaurus
- geweld, oorlogsslachtoffers, oorlog en vrede, gevangenissen, militaire beroepen, daders, slachtoffers, seksualiteit, Irak, Verenigde Staten
- Description
- This book is an analysis of the abuses that took place at Abu Ghraib based on first-hand participant-observations of the courts - martials of Lynndie England and Sabrina Harman. It examines the trials themselves, including interactions with soldiers and defense teams, documents pertaining to the courts-martials, US government reports and photographs from Abu Ghraib, in order to challenge the view that the abuses were carried out at the hands of a few rogue soldiers. With a keen focus on gender and sexuality as prominent aspects of the abuses themselves, as well as the ways in which they were portrayed and tried, the book engages with modern feminist thought and contemporary social theory in order to analyse the manner in which the abuses were framed, whilst also exploring the various lived realities of Abu Ghraib by both prisoners and soldiers alike.
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.
a study in transgender and transgenre
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Heilmann, Ann
- Publish Year
- 2018
- Shelfmark
- GR BR 54 2018 - B
- Thesaurus
- transgenders, seksualiteit, biografieën, militaire beroepen, 19e eeuw, biografische gegevens
- Description
- Colonial officer from 1813 to 1859, Inspector General James Barry was a pioneering medical reformer who after his death in 1865 became the object of intense speculation when rumours arose about his sex. This cultural history of Barry’s afterlives in Victorian to contemporary life-writing (‘biographilia’) examines strategies of biography, biofiction and biodrama of the last one and a half centuries. In exploring the reconstructions and re-imaginations of the historical personality across time, the book illustrates that the ‘real’ James Barry does not exist, any more than does the ‘faithful’ biographical, biofictional or biodramatic rendering of a life in a generically ‘stable’ and discrete form.
taking feminist research to the community
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Martinez, Andrea > (ed.)
- Creator
- Stuart, Meryn > (ed.)
- Contributor
- Shade, Leslie Regan
- Publish Year
- 2003
- Shelfmark
- B4221 - B
- Thesaurus
- vrouwenstudies, meisjes, bètawetenschappen, lesbische vrouwen, militaire beroepen, seksualiteit, vrouwengevangenissen, abortussen, genitale verminking, steden, universiteiten, cyber-feminisme, internet, statistiek, bundel
- Description
- As this collection demonstrates, feminist scholars are producing a rich and diverse body of knowledge within their universities today. Often they work in isolation from one another and often their knowledge is not disseminated to the broader community. From its inception, the goal of this collection has been to publicize the work of feminist research across the disciplines and to foster an open and inclusive communication between academic and community feminists. These essays bring to the fore a constellation of concerns that are linked to the broader women's movement and to global feminism, ranging from recovering histories to the rise of global connectivity. The essays together create a complex and dynamic interconnection of voices that speak to feminists both in academia and in the wider world.
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Markwick, Roger D.
- Creator
- Cardona, Euridice Charon
- Publish Year
- 2012
- Shelfmark
- O EUR 1G 2012 - B
- Thesaurus
- oorlog en vrede, tweede wereldoorlog, heldinnen, verpleegkundigen, militaire beroepen, spionnen, seksualiteit, slachtoffers, USSR
- Description
- More than 800,000 Soviet women fought against Hitler's onslaught during the 'Great Patriotic War,' 1941-45. Female participation in military conflict on such a scale is historically unique. This is the first comprehensive study of the hitherto largely hidden history of the crucial role women played in the defeat of fascism on the Eastern Front.
a reader
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Jones, Adam > [ed]
- Publish Year
- 2006
- Shelfmark
- WER 1N 2006
- Thesaurus
- mannelijkheid, leefvormen, seksualiteit, weduwen, maagdelijkheid, geweld, aids, betaalde arbeid, homoseksualiteit, kinderen, militaire beroepen, migratie, vluchtelingen, etniciteit, wit, seksueel geweld
- Description
- This reader is about gender and the developing world. In recent years there has arisen a sophisticated feminist literature on the lives of Third World women, their roles in development and their experiences of conflict. However the lives of Third World men have been ignored or consigned negative and stereotypical gender roles. While it is vital not to overlook men's roles in crime, exploitation, and violence, it is obvious that a more nuanced and empathetic portrait of Third World men remains to be painted. In this anthology are parts about family and sexuality, religion, work, migration and masculinities.
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Simonton, Deborah > (ed.)
- Creator
- Quataert, Jean H. > (pref.)
- Contributor
- Reynolds, Siân
- Publish Year
- 2006
- Shelfmark
- WER 1A 2005
- Thesaurus
- vrouwen, historisch, vrouwengeschiedenis, gezinnen, seksualiteit, socialisatie, rolgedrag, onderwijs, arbeid, religie, politieke participatie, burgerschap, oorlog en vrede, militaire beroepen, populaire cultuur, vrije tijd, creatieve beroepen, Europa, 18e eeuw, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw, bundel
- Description
- Overview of women’s role and place in western Europe, from the beginning of the eighteenth century until the twentieth century. Chapters focus on women's work, sexuality, the family, education and training, religion, political participation, war and peace, popular culture and leisure, and women as producers and consumers of art. The interaction between women, ideology and female agency, the way women engaged with patriarchal and gendered structures and systems, and the way women carved out their identities and spaces within these informs each of the studies.
sexuality and citizenship in twentieth-century America
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Canaday, Margot
- Publish Year
- 2009
- Shelfmark
- VS 3 2009
- Thesaurus
- homoseksualiteit, seksualiteit, immigratie, militaire beroepen, recht, Verenigde Staten, 20e eeuw
- Description
- Using new evidence from the National Archives, Canaday shows how the state came to penalize homosexuality, giving rise to a regime of second-class citizenship that sexual minorities still live under today. She looks at three key arenas of government control: immigration, the military, and welfare and demonstrates how federal enforcement of sexual norms emerged with the rise of the modern bureaucratic state. She begins at the turn of the twentieth century when the state first stumbled upon evidence of sex and gender nonconformity, revealing how homosexuality was policed indirectly through the exclusion of sexually 'degenerate' immigrants. She argues that the state's gradual awareness of homosexuality intensified during the later New Deal and through the postwar period as policies were enacted that explicitly used homosexuality to define who could enter the country, serve in the military, and collect state benefits. Midcentury repression was not a sudden response to newly visible gay subcultures but the culmination of longer process of state-building during which the state came to know and to care about homosexuality across many decades
sex and the American GI in World War II France
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Roberts, Mary Louise
- Publish Year
- 2013
- Shelfmark
- WER 6 2013 - B
- Thesaurus
- oorlog en vrede, seksualiteit, prostitutie, tweede wereldoorlog, militaire beroepen, Verenigde Staten, Frankrijk
- Description
- Roberts tells the story of how the US military command systematically spread—and then exploited—the myth of French women as sexually experienced and available. The resulting chaos—ranging from flagrant public sex with prostitutes to outright rape and rampant venereal disease—horrified the war-weary and demoralized French population. The sexual predation, and the blithe response of the American military leadership, also caused serious friction between the two nations just as they were attempting to settle questions of long-term control over the liberated territories and the restoration of French sovereignty.
the essential guide for achieving health, equality, and success
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Burk, Martha > (intr.)
- Creator
- Albright, Madeleine K. > (afterw.)
- Contributor
- Zuckerman, Elaine
- Publish Year
- 2005
- Shelfmark
- VS 1N 2005
- Thesaurus
- vrouwen, empowerment, gezondheidszorg, reproductieve rechten, seksualiteit, lichamen, moederschapszorg, kinderopvang, verlofregelingen, geweld, onderwijs, inkomen, gelijke beloning, economische zelfstandigheid, ondernemers, sociale zekerheid, media, vrouwbeelden, kiesrecht, ambitie, politici, militaire beroepen, mensenrechten, mentoring, seksuele vorming, sporten, technologie, bètawetenschappen, wetenschappelijke beroepen, seksuele intimidatie, racisme, gelijke behandeling, diversiteit, overheidsbeleid, vakbonden, immigranten, vrouwenhandel, oorlog en vrede, feminisme, internationaal, Verenigde Staten
- Description
- Overview of good tactics that can empower women and improve the postion of women on a personal and global level.
national security as sexual regulation
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Kinsman, Gary
- Creator
- Gentile, Patrizia
- Publish Year
- 2009
- Shelfmark
- CAN 3 2010
- Thesaurus
- seksualiteit, discriminatie, lesbische vrouwen, homo's, queer, militaire beroepen, Canada, 1950-1959, 1960-1969, 20e eeuw
- Description
- From the 1950s to the late 1990s, agents of the state spied on, interrogated, and harassed gays and lesbians in Canada, employing social ideologies and other practices to construct their targets as threats to society and enemies of the state. Based on official security documents and interviews with gays, lesbians, civil servants, and high-ranking officials, this book offers a personalized account of a national security campaign that violated people's civil rights and freedoms in an attempt to regulate their sexual practices. The authors disclose not only the acts of state repression that accompanied the Canadian war on queers but also forms of resistance that raise questions about just whose security was being protected and about national security as an ideological practice.
uncovering the mystery behind a seventeeth-century forbidden love
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Cyr, Myriam
- Publish Year
- 2006
- Shelfmark
- Z EUR 3 2006 - A
- Thesaurus
- seksualiteit, relaties, religieuzen, militaire beroepen, 17e eeuw, Portugal
- Description
- In 1669, a Parisian bookseller published a slim volume called Portuguese Letters, which unveiled a love affair between a young Portuguese nun and a French officer that had occurred a few years earlier during a war-torn period in Portgual. The book contained passionate love letters the nun had written when the officer was forced to return to France. The letters took Paris by storm. They spoke of love in a manner so direct, they sent shivers of recognition through the sophisticated stratums of polite society. As remarkable as the letters are, they were rivaled by the mystery that surrounds them: the author was unknown, and most people assumed they were the fictional product of a French aristocrat. The consensus was that no woman could write words of such stunning truth and beauty. Now, through meticulous research, Myriam Cyr makes the case that the nun, Mariana Alcoforado, did indeed write the letters, and her story is one of the most moving in the history of forbidden love.
sexual integration in the military
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- DeGroot, Gerard J. > (ed.)
- Creator
- Peniston-Bird, Corinna > (ed.)
- Contributor
- Borch, Fred L.
- Publish Year
- 2000
- Shelfmark
- B1360 - B
- Thesaurus
- krijgsmacht, militaire beroepen, vrouwendienstplicht, oorlog en vrede, verzetsbeweging, vrouwbeelden, seksualiteit, seksueel geweld, historisch, wereld, bundel
- Description
- Aandacht voor de veranderende opvattingen over vrouwen in de krijgsmacht. Bijdragen ingedeeld in de tijd vóór 1945 en na 1945.
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Burke, Carol
- Publish Year
- 2004
- Shelfmark
- B6589 - B
- Description
- From the rescue of PFC Jessica Lynch to the high-profile trial of Lynndie England, the war in Iraq has highlighted women's presence within the military as never before. Carol Burke analyzes the military as an occupational folk group, arguing that every detail of military culture-from the 'high-and-tight' haircut to the chants sung in basic training is laden with significance. Exploring the minute ways that -the cult of masculinity- persists in all branches of the United States military today, Burke unearths details about basic training, military dress and speech, the history of the marching chant, the disdain some veterans still harbor for Jane Fonda, and the colorful-and sometimes questionable-rituals of military manhood. Postulating that culture is made-not born-Burke urges the military to consciously change its policy of -gendered apartheid- so it can evolve into the gender-, race-, and sexuality-neutral democratic institution it needs to be.
a multicultural anthology
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Disch, Estelle > [ed]
- Publish Year
- 2003
- Shelfmark
- B4785 - B
- Thesaurus
- gender, transgenders, zwarte vrouwen, witte vrouwen, slachtoffers, mannelijkheid, heteroseksisme, sporten, vrouwenlichamen, latina's, militaire beroepen, eetstoornissen, hoofddoeken, inheemse volkeren, seksualiteit, pornografie, reproductieve rechten, gezinnen, moeders, vaderschap, onderwijs, betaalde arbeid, werkloosheid, armoede, positieve actie, geweld, vrouwenhandel, racisme, fundamentalisme, gezondheid, ziekten, mensenrechten, seksuele intimidatie, bundel
- Description
- This anthology on gender focuses on women and men and the multiple identities that comprise the lives of individuals across gender. Drawing from sources such as research articles, essays and personal narratives, Disch has chosen readings that represent a plurality of perspectives and experiences. Eleven part introductions briefly identify important issues in the general feld of study, describe the readings, and identify the central themes emerging throughout the book. .The anthology addresses race, class, culture, gender, sexual orientation, transgender, disability, age. Issues include, among others, health, violence, socialization, families, education, social change, and the current crisis in the U/S. as a result of Sept. 11.
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Goodman, Philomena
- Publish Year
- 2002
- Shelfmark
- B3160 - B
- Thesaurus
- oorlog en vrede, seksualiteit, prostitutie, betaalde arbeid, militaire beroepen, tweede wereldoorlog, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Description
- The second world war was a period which witnessed struggles for the appropriate definition of feminine identities and behaviour. Sexuality was becoming a contentious issue. Gender relations and the discourses constructing sexuality could have been treated as the gendered nature of the public and private spheres. In this book the author looks at women working in factories before and during the war, the beauty myth and pin-up girls and the sexual double standard.