Women, Warfare and Representation

American Servicewomen in the Twentieth Century

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

Av Emerald M. Archer, USA) Archer, Dr. Emerald M. (Mount Saint Mary’s University, Stephen McVeigh

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Women, Warfare and Representation considers the various ways the American servicewoman has been represented throughout the 20th century and how those representations impact the roles she is permitted to inhabit. While women have a relatively short history in the American military, the last century shows an evolution of women’s direct participation in war despite the need to overcome societal sex-role expectations.The primary focus is on the American case, but Emerald Archer also introduces a comparative element, showing how women's integration in the military differs in other countries, including Great Britain, Canada and Israel. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the book draws on military history, theory and social psychology to offer a more complete and integrated history of women in the military and their representation in society.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-07-13
Mått160 x 236 x 20 mm
Vikt520 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieWar, Culture and Society
Antal sidor256
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781474238038

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List of FiguresList of TablesList of Graphs1. Introduction2. History of Women's Participation in the U.S. Armed Forces3. Comparative Histories: Women's Participation in the Canadian, British, and Israeli Armed Forces4. Stereotype Threat Theory and Women's Marksmanship Performance: A Social Psychology Experiment5. In-Depth Interviews and Revealing Patterns of Sex-Role Stereotyping6. Women's Representation in War Photography and the Perpetuation of a Grand Narrative7. The RMA Debate: Women's Integration as Military Innovation8. Conclusion

Demonstrates the value of qualitative research to corroborate and illuminate quantitative research. [Archer's] narrative is enhanced by full discursive notes, and the work is theoretically rich, undergirded by the scholarship of Joan Scott, Cynthia Enloe and others ... Archer’s engaging work is theoretically sound and historically grounded, offering thoughtful conclusions about the necessity of comprehensive gender initiatives if the U.S. military is to become more competent and effective in the twenty-first century.