Marching as to War (eBook)

Personal Narratives of African American Women's Experiences in the Gulf Wars

Elizabeth F. Desnoyers-Colas (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
126 Seiten
Upa (Verlag)
978-0-7618-6344-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Seen through the eyes of eleven African American servicewomen, this book explores issues such as health care, child care, sexism/sexual harassment, racism, religion, career advancement, and serving in combat zones. Their stories illuminate the types of experiences black servicewomen have encountered during their time in the Gulf Wars.

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Since the American Revolution, African American women have served in every U.S. military conflict. Despite this dedicated service to their country, very little empirical research has been published regarding African American servicewomen, including those who have served in the Gulf Wars. Seen through the eyes of eleven African American servicewomen, this book explores issues such as health care, child care, sexism/sexual harassment, racism, religion, military promotions/career advancement, and serving in combat zones. Their stories illuminate the types of professional, sociological, and interpersonal experiences black servicewomen have encountered during their time in the Gulf Wars. To learn more about Marching as to War, check out Elizabeth Desnoyers-Colas blog post at http://rhetoricraceandreligion.blogspot.com/2014/05/stories-that-must-be-told-sharing.html

Autor

Elizabeth Desnoyers-Colas, PhD, is assistant professor of communication and the faculty coordinator of the African American Male Initiative Program at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Georgia. A retired U.S. Air Force Major, her past military duties include serving as a speechwriter for senior DOD military and civilian officials on EEO/EO related issues and operating as the director of the Joint Task Force Information Bureau, Haitian Refuge Humanitarian Rescue Effort, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. She also served in Operation Desert Storm and was deployed to Central Air Forces, Forward, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, as the director of Public Affairs/Protocol.

Inhalt

AcknowledgementsChapter One: Marching as to War: Personal Narratives of African American Women’s Experiences in the Gulf WarsChapter Two: Why We Serve: An Historical Overview of African American Women’s Military Service from the Revolutionary War Through the Gulf WarsChapter Three: “Sistahs” of Defense: Duties and Dangers of African American Women in Service in the Gulf WarsChapter Four: My Child Left Behind: The Family and Child Care Challenges Faced by African American Gulf War ServicewomenChapter Five: What Happens in the Desert Stays in the Desert: African American Women Confront Racism and Sexism in the GulfChapter Six: Where My Health Comes From: African American Servicewomen Battle Gulf War IllnessesEpilogue: Marching as to War―Final ThoughtsBibliographyIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.5.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: African American/Black military history • African American/black women in combat • African American narratives • African Americans • African American servicewomen • African Americans in the Gulf Wars • African American women in the military • military oral histories • Shoshana Johnson media coverage • Shoshana Johnson POW
• ISBN-10: 0-7618-6344-3 / 0761863443
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7618-6344-1 / 9780761863441