Militarizing Men : Gender, Conscription, and War in Post-Soviet Russia

A state's ability to maintain mandatory conscription and wage war rests on the idea that a ""real man"" is one who has served in the military. Yet masculinity has no inherent ties to militarism. The link between men and the military, argues Maya Eichler, must be produced and...

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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (512 p.)
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505 0 |a Cover; Copyright; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Personal and Public Politics of Militarizing Men; 1 Gender and Militarization in the Soviet Union; 2 Militarized Masculinity and State Leadership in the Russian-Chechen Wars; 3 The Societal Crisis of Militarized Masculinity: Conscription, Economic Transformation, and the Russian-Chechen Wars; 4 The Soldiers' Mothers Movement: Contesting and Reproducing Militarized Gender Roles; 5 Veterans of the Chechen Wars: Questionable Warriors or a Model of Masculinity? 
505 8 |a Conclusion: Masculinity, Soldiering, and War in Post-Soviet RussiaNotes; Referencees; Index 
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