Citizenship rites : feminist soldiers and feminist antimilitarists / Ilene Rose Feinman.

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Feinman, Ilene Rose, 1959-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : New York University Press, [2000]Copyright date: �2000Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 286 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0585318840
9780585318844
0814726887
9780814726884
0814726895
9780814726891
9780814729014
0814729010

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Citizenship rites.DDC classification:

355/.0082/0973 21

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UB418.W65 F45 2000eb

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Contents:

Feminist Antimilitarism/Feminist Egalitarian Militarism -- The Soldier in the State -- Martial Service and Military (Masculine) Citizenship: The Challenge -- Legislating Equality: The Equal Rights Amendment, the Courts, and the All Volunteer Armed Forces -- Women's Actions and Womanpause -- Mothers and Others for Peace Meet Women Soldiers -- Can Women Kill? -- Citizenship Rites.

Summary: In the United States, the question of women in the armed services has been continuously and hotly debated. Among feminists, two fundamentally differing views of women in the military have developed. Feminist antimilitarists tell us that militarism and patriarchy have together pressed women into second class citizenship. Meanwhile, feminist soldiers and their advocates regard martial service as women's right and responsibility and the ticket to first class citizenship. Citizenship Rites investigates what is at stake for women in these debates. Exploring the perspectives of both feminist antimilitarists and feminist soldiers, Ilene Feinman situates the current combat controversy within the context of the sea change in United States politics since the 1970s-from ERA debates over drafting women to recent representations of military women such as the film GI Jane. Drawing on congressional testimony, court cases, feminist and antiracist political discourse, and antimilitarist activism, Feinman addresses our pressing need for an analysis of women's increasing inclusion in the armed forces while providing a provocative investigation of what this changing role means for women and society alike.

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In the United States, the question of women in the armed services has been continuously and hotly debated. Among feminists, two fundamentally differing views of women in the military have developed. Feminist antimilitarists tell us that militarism and patriarchy have together pressed women into second class citizenship. Meanwhile, feminist soldiers and their advocates regard martial service as women's right and responsibility and the ticket to first class citizenship. Citizenship Rites investigates what is at stake for women in these debates. Exploring the perspectives of both feminist antimilitarists and feminist soldiers, Ilene Feinman situates the current combat controversy within the context of the sea change in United States politics since the 1970s-from ERA debates over drafting women to recent representations of military women such as the film GI Jane. Drawing on congressional testimony, court cases, feminist and antiracist political discourse, and antimilitarist activism, Feinman addresses our pressing need for an analysis of women's increasing inclusion in the armed forces while providing a provocative investigation of what this changing role means for women and society alike.

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