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We are all acutely aware of the devastation and upheaval that
result from war. Less obvious is the extent to which the military
and war impact on the gender order. This book is the first to
explore the intersections of the military, war and gender in
twentieth-century Germany from a variety of different perspectives.
Its authors investigate the relevance of the military and war for
the formation of gender relations and their representation as well
as for the construction of individual and social agency for both
genders in civil society and the military. They inquire about the
origins and development of gendered images as they were shaped by
war. They expound on the multifarious mechanisms that served to
reconstruct or newly form gender relations in the postwar periods.
They analyze the participation of women and men in the creation of
wars as well as the gender-specific meaning of their respective
roles. Finally, they investigate the different ways of remembering
and coming to terms with the two great military conflicts of the
very violent twentieth century. The book focuses on the period
before, during and after the two World Wars, closely linked 'total
wars' that mobilized both the 'front' and the 'home-front' and
increasingly blurred the boundaries between them. Drawing on
sources ranging from forces newspapers to German pilot literature,
police reports on women's food riots to oral history interviews
with soldiers' wives, the richly documented case studies of
Home/Front add the long-overdue gender dimension to the cultural
and historical debates that surround these two great military
conflicts.
This book takes a close look at discrimination in football in order
to illuminate our understanding of the interaction between sport
and wider society, politics and culture, particularly in terms of
the (re)production of identity. It presents insightful and diverse
international case studies, including the shadow of fascism in
Italian football; fan activism against racism, sexism, and
homophobia in US soccer; migrant football clubs in Germany, and the
use of football club history in the teaching of antisemitism.
Together they demonstrate the damaging societal consequences of
unchecked resentment and discrimination in football fan cultures
but also the potential for fan activism as a socio-positive force.
This is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in
football or fandom, the sociology of sport, cultural studies, or
political science.
This book takes a close look at discrimination in football in order
to illuminate our understanding of the interaction between sport
and wider society, politics and culture, particularly in terms of
the (re)production of identity. It presents insightful and diverse
international case studies, including the shadow of fascism in
Italian football; fan activism against racism, sexism, and
homophobia in US soccer; migrant football clubs in Germany, and the
use of football club history in the teaching of antisemitism.
Together they demonstrate the damaging societal consequences of
unchecked resentment and discrimination in football fan cultures
but also the potential for fan activism as a socio-positive force.
This is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in
football or fandom, the sociology of sport, cultural studies, or
political science.
National Politics and Sexuality in Transregional Perspective
explores how modern identity politics around the world are gendered
and sexualized in multiple ways. Constructions of the imagined
collective "self" often contain references to a heteronormative
order, whereas relevant internal or external "others" are often
felt to deviate from this order through their gendered or sexual
practices. By contrast, some Western countries have witnessed the
evolution of LGBTQI-friendly discourses by certain political actors
in recent years, often in the context of the post-9/11 culture
wars. This pathbreaking book focuses on perceptions of "self" and
"other" in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa from a gendered
perspective. It deals with anti-LGBTQI as well as LGBTQI-friendly
aspects of modern culture and politics in countries within these
regions, focusing on the functions such discursive markers play in
nationalist and racist imageries, in discourses legitimizing class
differences from the nineteenth century to the present day,
including globalized discourses in the context of 9/11 and its
aftermath. It shows that discourses on sexuality and gendered
performances in everyday life often undermine the stability of such
binary constructions, as they point to the multiplicity,
ambivalence and the indeterminate character of individual and
collective identities under conditions of modernity. Addressing
contemporary identity politics both in a wider historical context
and within a transregional comparative framework thus helps to
discern differences and similarities between different world
regions and serves to dislocate essentialized notions of cultural
differences based on gender and sex. This book will appeal to those
with an interest in Political Sociology, Gender Studies, and
Globalisation.
National Politics and Sexuality in Transregional Perspective
explores how modern identity politics around the world are gendered
and sexualized in multiple ways. Constructions of the imagined
collective "self" often contain references to a heteronormative
order, whereas relevant internal or external "others" are often
felt to deviate from this order through their gendered or sexual
practices. By contrast, some Western countries have witnessed the
evolution of LGBTQI-friendly discourses by certain political actors
in recent years, often in the context of the post-9/11 culture
wars. This pathbreaking book focuses on perceptions of "self" and
"other" in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa from a gendered
perspective. It deals with anti-LGBTQI as well as LGBTQI-friendly
aspects of modern culture and politics in countries within these
regions, focusing on the functions such discursive markers play in
nationalist and racist imageries, in discourses legitimizing class
differences from the nineteenth century to the present day,
including globalized discourses in the context of 9/11 and its
aftermath. It shows that discourses on sexuality and gendered
performances in everyday life often undermine the stability of such
binary constructions, as they point to the multiplicity,
ambivalence and the indeterminate character of individual and
collective identities under conditions of modernity. Addressing
contemporary identity politics both in a wider historical context
and within a transregional comparative framework thus helps to
discern differences and similarities between different world
regions and serves to dislocate essentialized notions of cultural
differences based on gender and sex. This book will appeal to those
with an interest in Political Sociology, Gender Studies, and
Globalisation.
We are all acutely aware of the devastation and upheaval that
result from war. Less obvious is the extent to which the military
and war impact on the gender order. This book is the first to
explore the intersections of the military, war and gender in
twentieth-century Germany from a variety of different perspectives.
Its authors investigate the relevance of the military and war for
the formation of gender relations and their representation as well
as for the construction of individual and social agency for both
genders in civil society and the military. They inquire about the
origins and development of gendered images as they were shaped by
war. They expound on the multifarious mechanisms that served to
reconstruct or newly form gender relations in the postwar periods.
They analyze the participation of women and men in the creation of
wars as well as the gender-specific meaning of their respective
roles. Finally, they investigate the different ways of remembering
and coming to terms with the two great military conflicts of the
very violent twentieth century. The book focuses on the period
before, during and after the two World Wars, closely linked 'total
wars' that mobilized both the 'front' and the 'home-front' and
increasingly blurred the boundaries between them. Drawing on
sources ranging from forces newspapers to German pilot literature,
police reports on women's food riots to oral history interviews
with soldiers' wives, the richly documented case studies of
Home/Front add the long-overdue gender dimension to the cultural
and historical debates that surround these two great military
conflicts.
The Spanish Civil War has been called the quintessential expression
of violent ideological confrontation in 1930s Europe. Despite this
reputation, researchers have neglected to properly explore the
Spanish experience in the context of the history of
twentieth-century warfare. To fill this gap, ""If You Tolerate This
. . . " "brings together an international group of scholars to
address the Spanish Civil War's role in the development of total
war.
Examining such topics as military violence, the experience of war,
and the culture of war, this anthology traces how the
differentiation between civilian and military sectors crumbled with
the onset of civil war. Individual memory and collective identity
in Spain, the authors argue, became synonymous with mass killing
and mass dying. Offering a unique perspective on one of European
history's most fraught events, this volume will be necessary
reading for students and scholars of twentieth-century Spain and
military history.
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