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W stands for women : how the George W. Bush presidency shaped a new politics of gender / edited by Michaele L. Ferguson and Lori Jo Marso.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-.
- Bush, George W.
- Women--Government policy--United States.
- Women.
- Women's rights--United States.
- Women's rights.
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Social aspects.
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
- United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Essays that examine the Bush administration's deployment of feminist rhetoric and the effects of the administration's policies on women, feminism, and gender roles in the U.S.
- Contents:
- Introduction: feminism, gender, and security in the Bush presidency / Michaele L. Ferguson and Lori J. Marso. Pt. I. Compassionate patriarchy. The allure of authoritarianism: Bush administration ideology and the reconsolidation of patriarchy / R. Claire Snyder
- The politics of compassion in the age of AIDS / Karen Zivi. Pt. II. Bush's masculinities. Straight eye for the straight guy / David S. Gutterman and Danielle Regan
- W's masculine pseudo-democracy: brothers-in-arms, suicide bombers, and the culture of life / Andrew Feffer. Pt. III. Gendered war logics at home and abroad. The logic of masculine protection: reflections on the current security states / Iris Marion Young
- Gender trouble at Abu Ghraib? / Timothy Kaufman-Osborn
- Feminists versus feminization: confronting the war logics of the George W. Bush administration / Mary Hawkesworth. Pt. IV. Feminist responses. Feminism and security rhetoric in the post-September 11 Bush administration / Michaele L. Ferguson
- Feminism and the complications of freeing the women of Afghanistan and Iraq / Lori J. Marso.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-03567-7
- 9786613035677
- 0-8223-9065-5
- OCLC:
- 262341012
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