Gendering Military Sacrifice

A Feminist Comparative Analysis
Herausgeber: Åse, Cecilia; Wendt, Maria

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Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a feminist analysis of military sacrifice and reveals the importance of a gender perspective in understanding the idea of honourable death.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 313g
• ISBN-13: 9780367661649
• ISBN-10: 0367661640
• Artikelnr.: 59994672

Autorenporträt

Cecilia Åse is Professor of Gender Studies at Stockholm University, Sweden. Maria Wendt is Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in Political Science at Stockholm University, Sweden.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Gender, War and Military Sacrifice Cecilia Åse 2.
Comparisons as Feminist Method: Denaturalising Gender and Nation Cecilia
Åse and Maria Wendt 3. The Politics of War Rituals: Military Scarifice and
Gendered Meaning-making Maria Wendt 4. The New National War Monuments:
Interrogating Gendered Narratives in Commemorative Sculpture Vron Ware 5.
Artistic Interventions: Gender and Nation in Contemporary War Art Redi
Koobak 6. Debating Deaths: The Possibility of Dissent in the Face of
Military Sacrifice Hanne Martinek 7. Gendered Grief: Mourners'
Politicisation of Military Death Cecilia Åse, Monica Quirico, and Maria
Wendt 8. Conclusion: The Gendered Politics of Contemporary Military
Sacrifice Cecilia Åse and Maria Wendt