Security disarmed : critical perspectives on gender, race, and militarization / edited by Barbara Sutton, Sandra Morgen, and Julie Novkov.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sutton, Barbara, 1970-

Morgen, Sandra.

Novkov, Julie, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Military.

Militarism.

Women and the military.

Physical Description:

vii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2008]

Summary:

In Security Disarmed, scholars, policy planners, and activists come together to critically examine the human cost of violence and viable alternatives to armed conflict. Arranged in four parts-alternative paradigms of security, cross-national militarization, militarism in the United States, and pedagogical and cultural concerns-this book evaluates and resists the worldwide crisis of militarization. The contributors voice a positive and encompassing vision of human security by analyzing the relationships among gender, race, and militarization.

Contents:

Rethinking security, confronting inequality : an introduction / Barbara Sutton and Julie Novkov

Contesting militarization : global perspectives / Gwyn Kirk

Gender, race, and militarism : toward a more just alternative / Barbara Lee

Activist statements : visions and strategies for a just peace / International Congress of Women at The Hague Gender and Human Security Network, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center

Los nuevos desaparecidos y muertos : immigration, militarization, death, and disappearance on Mexico's borders / Lynn Stephen

Saving Iranian women : Orientalist feminism and the Axis of Evil / Roksana Bahramitash

On women and "Indians" : the politics of inclusion and exclusion in militarized Fiji / Teresia K. Teaiwa

Plunder as statecraft : militarism and resistance in neocolonial Africa / Patricia McFadden

Because Vieques is our home : defend it! Women resisting militarization in Vieques, Puerto Rico / Katherine T. McCaffrey

Manhood, sexuality, and nation in post 9/11 United States / Bonnie Mann

The citizen-soldier as a substitute soldier : militarism at the intersection of neoliberalism and neoconservatism / Leonard C. Feldman

I want you! The 3 R's : reading, 'riting, and recruiting / Karen Houppert

Living room terrorists / Catherine Lutz

Militarizing women in film : toward a cinematic framing of war and terror / Janell Hobson

Army of none : militarism, positionality, and film / Cindy Sousa and Ron Smith

Teaching about gender, race, and militarization after 9/11 : nurturing dissent, compassion, and hope in the classroom / Simona Sharoni.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813543598

0813543592

9780813543604

0813543606

OCLC:

182553045