Security Disarmed : : Critical Perspectives on Gender, Race, and Militarization /

Security Disarmed : : Critical Perspectives on Gender, Race, and Militarization / / ed. by Julie Novkov, Barbara Sutton, Sandra Morgen.

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From the history of state terrorism in Latin America, to state- and group-perpetrated plunder and genocide in Africa, to war and armed conflicts in the Middle East, militarization--the heightened role of organized aggression in society--continues to painfully shape the lives of millions of people ar...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Bahramitash, Roksana,
Feldman, Leonard C.,
Feldman, Leonard,
Hobson, Janell,
Houippert, Karen,
Houppert, Karen,
Kirk, Gwyn,
Lee, Barbara,
Lutz, Catherine,
Mann, Bonnie,
McCaffrey, Katherine T,
McCaffrey, Katherine T.,
McFadden, Patricia,
Morgen, Sandra,
Novkov, Julie,
Sharoni, Simona,
Smith, Ron,
Sousa, Cindy,
Stephen, Lynn,
Sutton, Barbara,
Teaiwa, Teresia K.,
Teaiwa, Teresia,
HerausgeberIn:
Morgen, Sandra,
Novkov, Julie,
Sutton, Barbara,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (318 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • PART I. Beyond Militarization: Alternative Visions of Security
  • 1. Rethinking Security, Confronting Inequality: An Introduction
  • 2. Contesting Militarization: Global Perspectives
  • 3. Gender, Race, and Militarism: Toward a More Just Alternative
  • 4. Activist Statements: Visions and Strategies for a Just Peace
  • PART II. Cross-National Militarization
  • 5. Los Nuevos Desaparecidos y Muertos: Immigration, Militarization, Death, and Disappearance on Mexico’s Borders
  • 6. Saving Iranian Women: Orientalist Feminism and the Axis of Evil
  • 7. On Women and “Indians”: The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion in Militarized Fiji
  • 8. Plunder as Statecraft: Militarism and Resistance in Neocolonial Africa
  • 9. Because Vieques Is Our Home: Defend It! Women Resisting Militarization in Vieques, Puerto Rico
  • PART III. Localizing Militarization in the United States
  • 10. Manhood, Sexuality, and Nation in Post-9/11 United States
  • 11. The Citizen-Soldier as a Substitute Soldier: Militarism at the Intersection of Neoliberalism and Neoconservatism
  • 12. I Want You! The 3 R’s: Reading, ’Riting, and Recruiting
  • 13. Living Room Terrorists
  • PART IV. Demilitarization, Pedagogy, and Culture
  • 14. Militarizing Women in Film: Toward a Cinematic Framing of War and Terror
  • 15. Army of None: Militarism, Positionality, and Film
  • 16. Teaching about Gender, Race, and Militarization after 9/11: Nurturing Dissent, Compassion, and Hope in the Classroom
  • Conclusion
  • Notes on the Contributors
  • Index

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