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Media type:
E-Book
Title:
At war with women
:
military humanitarianism and imperial feminism in an era of permanent war
Contains:
Doctrinal turning points in the new imperial wars
The "social work" of war : techniques and struggles to remake military labor
Colonial "lessons learned" : the contemporary soldier becomes the historical colonizer
Soothing occupation : gender and the strategic deployment of emotional labor
A new imperial feminism : color-blind racism and the special operation of women's rights
Footnote:
Ausgewählte Literatur: Seite 243-258, Register
Description:
At War with Women reveals how post-9/11 politics of gender and development have transformed US military power. In the mid-2000s, the US military used development as a weapon as it revived counterinsurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan. The military assembled all-female teams to reach households and wage war through development projects in the battle for "hearts and minds." Despite women technically being banned from ground combat units, the all-female teams were drawn into combat nonetheless. Based on ethnographic fieldwork observing military trainings, this book challenges liberal feminist narratives that justified the Afghanistan War in the name of women's rights and celebrated women's integration into combat as a victory for gender equality.