Citizen-Soldiers and Manly Warriors - Military Service and Gender in the Civic Republican Tradition (Paperback)

What happens in a tradition that links citizenship with soldiering when women become citizens? Citizen Soldiers and Manly Warriors: Military Service and Gender in the Civic Republican Tradition provides an in-depth analysis of the theory and practice of the citizen-soldier in historical context. Using a postmodern feminist lens, Snyder reveals that within the citizen-soldier tradition, citizenship and masculinity are simultaneously constituted through engagement in civic and martial practices. Seeking to sever the connection between masculinity and citizenship, Snyder calls for women to make 'gender trouble' by engaging in the practices traditionally constitutive of masculine republican citizenship. However, in order to reconstitute the Citizen-Soldier tradition the only tradition we have that holds the military up to democratic standards we must not only 'trouble' but also reconfigure our understandings of gender and citizenship. Thus gender parity in the American military is not enough. We must also change the type of masculinity produced by the military, reintroduce the military to its civic purposes, expand the 'citizenship of civic practices' to include other non-martial forms of service, and give citizens a greater role in political decision making."

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 1999
First published:	August 1999
Authors:	Claire R. Snyder
Dimensions:	224 x 150 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-0-8476-9444-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Theory of warfare & military science Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Military life & institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism Promotions
LSN:	0-8476-9444-5
Barcode:	9780847694440

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