ABSTRACT
The Routledge History of Gender, War, and the U.S. Military is the first examination of the interdisciplinary, intersecting fields of gender studies and the history of the United States military. In twenty-one original essays, the contributors tackle themes including gendering the "other," gender and war disability, gender and sexual violence, gender and American foreign relations, and veterans and soldiers in the public imagination, and lay out a chronological examination of gender and America’s wars from the American Revolution to Iraq. This important collection is essential reading for all those interested in how the military has influenced America's views and experiences of gender.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|156 pages
Military Manpower
chapter 6|16 pages
“The Women Behind the Men Behind the Gun”
chapter 7|13 pages
Homophobia, Housewives, and Hyper-Masculinity
part II|66 pages
Mobilizing Gender in the Service of War
chapter 12|17 pages
Gendering the “Enemy” and Gendering the “Ally”
part III|71 pages
Gender, Sexuality, and Military Engagements
chapter 16|22 pages
U.S. Military Personnel and Families Abroad
chapter 17|18 pages
Homos, Whores, Rapists, and the Clap
part IV|54 pages
Gendered Aftermaths