Camouflage isn't only for combat : gender, sexuality, and women in the military / Melissa S. Herbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheridan, Máel, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Military--United States.

Sociology, Military.

United States--Armed Forces--Women.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 205 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : New York University Press, [1998]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Drawing on surveys with almost three hundred female military personnel, both veteran and active duty, Melissa S. Herbert explores how women's everyday actions, such as choice of uniform, hobby, or social activity, involve the creation and re-creation of what it means to be a woman, and particularly a woman soldier. Do women feel pressured to be "more masculine" to demonstrate that they are not weak or incompetent, or "more feminine" to convey that they are not a threat to men's jobs or status and to avoid being perceived as lesbians? How do these pressures manifest themselves on a day to day basis? And what strategies do women employ, consciously or unconsciously, to influence the way they are perceived?"--Jacket.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Amazons and Butterflies: Gender and the Military

3. Dykes or Whores: Sexuality and the Military

4. Camouflage Isn't Only for Combat

5. Doing Gender/Doing Sexuality.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-199) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780814737385

0814737382

9780585315966

0585315965

9780814790991

0814790992

OCLC:

45727509