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Citizenship rites : feminist soldiers and feminist antimilitarists / Ilene Rose Feinman.
LIBRA UB418.W65 F45 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Feinman, Ilene Rose, 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women and the military.
- United States--Armed Forces--Women.
- United States.
- Armed Forces.
- Women soldiers--United States.
- Women soldiers.
- Women and the military--United States.
- Feminism--United States.
- Feminism.
- Militarism--United States.
- Militarism.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 286 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- In the United States, the question of women in the armed services has been continuously and hotly debated. Among feminists, two fundamentally differing views of women in the military have developed. Feminist antimilitarists tell us that militarism and patriarchy have together pressed women into second class citizenship. Meanwhile, feminist soldiers and their advocates regard martial service as women's right and responsibility and the ticket to first class citizenship.
- Citizenship Rites investigates what is at stake for women in these disputes. Exploring the perspectives of both feminist antimilitarists and feminist soldiers, Ilene Feinman situates the current combat controversy within the context of the sea change in United States politics since the 1970s -- from ERA debates over drafting women to recent representations of military women such as the film Gl Jane. Drawing on congressional testimony, court cases, feminist and antiracist political discourse, and antimilitarist activism, Feinman addresses our pressing need for an analysis of women's increasing inclusion in the armed forces while providing a provocative investigation of what this changing role means for women and society alike.
- Contents:
- 1 Feminist Antimilitarism/Feminist Egalitarian Militarism 11
- 2 The Soldier in the State 44
- 3 Martial Service and Military (Masculine) Citizenship: The Challenge 87
- 4 Legislating Equality: The Equal Rights Amendment, the Courts, and the All Volunteer Armed Forces 111
- 5 Women's Actions and Womanpause 131
- 6 Mothers and Others for Peace Meet Women Soldiers 153
- 7 Can Women Kill? 174
- 8 Citizenship Rites 198.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-276) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0814726887
- 0814726895
- OCLC:
- 41981849
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