War and gender : how gender shapes the war system and vice versa /
Goldstein, Joshua S., 1952-
War and gender : how gender shapes the war system and vice versa / Joshua S. Goldstein. - xv, 523 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-480) and index.
A puzzle: the cross-cultural consistency of gender roles in war -- Women warriors: the historical record of female combatants -- Bodies: the biology of individual gender -- Groups: bonding, hierarchy, and social identity -- Heroes: the making of militarised masculinity -- Conquests: sex, rape, and exploitation in wartime -- Reflections: the mutuality of gender and war. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Gender roles are nowhere more prominent than in war. Yet contentious debates, and the scattering of scholarship across academic disciplines, have obscured understanding of how gender affects war and vice versa. In this authoritative review of our state of knowledge, Joshua Goldstein assesses the possible explanations for the near-total exclusion of women from combat forces, through history and cross cultures. Topics covered include the history of women who did fight and fought well, the complex role of testosterone in men's social behaviors, and the construction of masculinity and femininity in the shadow of war. Goldstein concludes that killing in war does not come naturally for either gender, and that gender norms often shape men, women, and children to the needs of the war system. Illustrated with photographs, drawings, and graphics, and drawing from scholarship spanning six academic disciplines, War and gender translates and synthesizes our latest understanding of gender roles in war.
0521807166 9780521807166
Women and war
War--Sex differences
U21.5 / .G65 2001
303.66082
War and gender : how gender shapes the war system and vice versa / Joshua S. Goldstein. - xv, 523 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-480) and index.
A puzzle: the cross-cultural consistency of gender roles in war -- Women warriors: the historical record of female combatants -- Bodies: the biology of individual gender -- Groups: bonding, hierarchy, and social identity -- Heroes: the making of militarised masculinity -- Conquests: sex, rape, and exploitation in wartime -- Reflections: the mutuality of gender and war. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Gender roles are nowhere more prominent than in war. Yet contentious debates, and the scattering of scholarship across academic disciplines, have obscured understanding of how gender affects war and vice versa. In this authoritative review of our state of knowledge, Joshua Goldstein assesses the possible explanations for the near-total exclusion of women from combat forces, through history and cross cultures. Topics covered include the history of women who did fight and fought well, the complex role of testosterone in men's social behaviors, and the construction of masculinity and femininity in the shadow of war. Goldstein concludes that killing in war does not come naturally for either gender, and that gender norms often shape men, women, and children to the needs of the war system. Illustrated with photographs, drawings, and graphics, and drawing from scholarship spanning six academic disciplines, War and gender translates and synthesizes our latest understanding of gender roles in war.
0521807166 9780521807166
Women and war
War--Sex differences
U21.5 / .G65 2001
303.66082