Military masculinities : identity and the State / [edited by] Paul R. Higate ; foreword by Jeff Hearn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Higate, Paul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Military.

Men.

Masculinity.

Physical Description:

xxii, 233 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.

Contents:

Foreword: On Men, Women, Militarism, and the Military / Jeff Hearn xi

Introduction: Putting Men and the Military on the Agenda / Paul R. Higate xvii

1. The Roots of Military Masculinity / Marcia Kovitz 1

2. No More Heroes: Masculinity in the Infantry / John Hockey 15

3. "Soft Clerks" and "Hard Civvies": Pluralizing Military Masculinities / Paul R. Higate 27

4. Locating Military Masculinities: Space, Place, and the Formation of Gender Identity and the British Army / Rachel Woodward 43

5. The Home Guard in Britain in the Second World War: Uncertain Masculinities? / Penny Summerfield, Corinna Peniston-Bird 57

6. Violence in the Military Community / Deborah Harrison 71

7. Masculinity in Work and Family Lives: Implications for Military Service and Resettlement / Samantha Regan de Bere 91

8. The State and Military Masculinity / John Hopton 111

9. Conscientious Objectors in the Great War: The Consequences of Rejecting Military Masculinities / Lois Bibbings 125

10. The Popular Press and the Creation of Military Masculinities in Georgian Britain / Robert McGregor 143

11. The Militarization of Masculinity in the Former German Democratic Republic / Andrew Bickford 157

12. Militarism and Masculinity as Keys to the "Jewish Question" in Germany / Gregory A. Caplan 175

13. The Military and Masculinities in Israeli Society / Uta Klein 191.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-223) and index.

ISBN:

0275975584

OCLC:

50042811