Foreign Security Policy Gender and US Military Identity Gender and Politics

Description:

"The concept of 'othering' which can be understood as the process of differentiation from the Self has been a basic tenet of the war story since war stories were first told. This practise of deliberate differentiation is indicative of the fact that war stories are essentially about the production of identity. The aim of this book, therefore, is to unravel some of the gendered ideologies that underpin the link between state identity and foreign security policy by looking at a certain case, state and foreign security policy. In particular this volume explores the identity of the United States through military documents on perception management in conflict from 1991-2007 shedding light on the 'othering' and the 'selfing' that occurs in these particular war stories. In doing so it lays bare the gendered ideologies that underpins US identity between these years as well as exploring potential spaces for alternatives. Thus, this book ventures a detailed and unique look at a particular aspect of the gendered reproduction of the state"--

subjects: War and society,  Sociology, military,  Group identity,  United states, politics and government,  Armed Forces,  Public relations,  Armed Forces and mass media,  Gender identity,  Women and the military,  POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory,  POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General,  POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Nationalism,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies,  Forces armées et médias,  Identité sexuelle,  Femmes et armée,  International relations,  Military life & institutions,  POLITICAL SCIENCE,  History & Theory,  General,  Political Ideologies,  Nationalism,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Gender Studies,  HISTORY,  Military,  Biological & Chemical Warfare,  Politics and Government,  Military institutions, memorials,  Gender studies, gender groups,  Military engineering,  United States,  Armed Forces (United States)