Gender Trouble in the U.S. Military

Challenges to Regimes of Male Privilege

Stephanie Szitanyi (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XI, 204 Seiten

2020 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-21227-8 (ISBN)

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This book investigates challenges to the U.S. military's gender regime of hetero-male privilege. Examining a broad set of discursive maneuvers in a series of cases as focal points-integration of open homosexuality, the end of the combat ban on women, and the epidemic nature of military sexual assault within its units-Stephanie Szitanyi examines the contemporary link between gender and military service in the United States, and comprehensively analyzes forms of gendering produced by the military as an institution. Using feminist interpretivist methods to analyze an impressive combination of visual, textual, archival, and cultural materials, the book argues that despite policy changes since 2013 that may be positioned as explicit episodes of degendering, military officials have simultaneously moved to counteract them and reinforce the institution's gender regime of hetero-male privilege. Importantly, these (re)gendering processes continue to prioritize certain forms of service and sacrifice, through which a specific version of masculinity-the masculine warrior-is continuously promoted, preserved, and cemented.

lt;b>Stephanie Szitanyi is Assistant Dean in the Schools of Public Engagement at The New School, USA. Her research focuses on female political representation, gender relations in military institutions, and the militarization of American culture.

1. Introduction.- 2. The Masculine Warrior: Militarized Masculinities and Gender Regimes.- 3. The All-Volunteer Force: Patrolling Gendered Boundaries through the Combat Ban.- 4. Violated Bodies: Combat Injuries and Sexual Assault in the U.S. Military.- 5. Military Museums and Memorial Sites: Disappearing Women in the Military.- 6. Gender and Military Recruitment Since the Lifting of the Combat Ban.- 7. Conclusion: The Challenge of Degendering the Military.

Erscheinungsdatum	20.12.2020
Zusatzinfo	XI, 204 p. 6 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	288 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
Schlagworte	civilian-military relations • feminist institutionalism • Gender and the military • gendered violence • militarization • military masculinity
ISBN-10	3-030-21227-0 / 3030212270
ISBN-13	978-3-030-21227-8 / 9783030212278
Zustand	Neuware