Sexing the Soldier - The Politics of Gender and the Contemporary British Army

Informationen zum Autor Rachel Woodward is Reader in Critical Geography at Newcastle University. She is the author of Military Geographies (2004) and of numerous scholarly articles on military geographical and sociological issues. Trish Winter is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Sunderland. She is the author of a number of articles on military representation and gender issues in the Armed Forces. Klappentext Sexing the Soldier takes a critical look at how gender is understood within the contemporary British Army. Drawing on original research, this book argues that dominant ideas about gender, evident in areas as diverse as policy documents and cultural practices, potentially limit rather than enhance operational effectiveness. Zusammenfassung Sexing the Soldier takes a critical look at how gender is understood within the contemporary British Army. Drawing on original research, this book argues that dominant ideas about gender, evident in areas as diverse as policy documents and cultural practices, potentially limit rather than enhance operational effectiveness. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Gender and the British Army: Military, Civilian and Conceptual Issues 2. Patterns and Histories of Gender in the British Army 3. British Army Personnel Policies and the Politics of Female Difference 4. Masculinities and the British Army 5. Gender and the Soldier in the British Media and Popular Culture 6. The Politics of Gender and the Contemporary British Army

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• Authors: Trish Winter, Winter Trish, Ms Rachel Woodward, Ms Rachel Winter Woodward, Rachel Woodward, Rachel Winter Woodward, WOODWARD RACHEL WINTER TRISH, Woodward/Winter
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.07.2007
• EAN: 9780415392563
• ISBN: 978-0-415-39256-3
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Transformations; Transformations
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; History, Media Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Politics & government, Warfare & defence, Humanities, Feminism & feminist theory, Politics and government, Gender studies, gender groups, Warfare and defence, Feminism and feminist theory