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Author Brunner, Elgin Medea, 1976- author.

Title Foreign security policy, gender, and US military identity / Elgin Medea Brunner, Senior Researcher, Center for Security Studies, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 206 pages) : illustrations
Series Gender and politics
Gender and politics.
Contents Contextualising the study of gender and war -- Making gender tangible in military discourse -- The doctrine of military 'perception management' in conflict -- The practice of military 'perception management' in conflict -- Performing identity/foreign (security) policy -- Conclusion : another gendered reproduction of the state
Summary "The concept of 'othering' which can be understood as the process of differentiation from the Self has been a basic tenet of the war story since war stories were first told. This practise of deliberate differentiation is indicative of the fact that war stories are essentially about the production of identity. The aim of this book, therefore, is to unravel some of the gendered ideologies that underpin the link between state identity and foreign security policy by looking at a certain case, state and foreign security policy. In particular this volume explores the identity of the United States through military documents on perception management in conflict from 1991-2007 shedding light on the 'othering' and the 'selfing' that occurs in these particular war stories. In doing so it lays bare the gendered ideologies that underpins US identity between these years as well as exploring potential spaces for alternatives. Thus, this book ventures a detailed and unique look at a particular aspect of the gendered reproduction of the state"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-199) and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed May 24, 2021)
Subject United States. Armed Forces -- Public relations
SUBJECT Armed Forces (United States) fast
Subject Armed Forces and mass media -- United States
Gender identity -- United States
Women and the military -- United States
International relations -- c 1990 to c 2000 -- c 2000 to c 2010 -- USA.
Military life & institutions -- c 1990 to c 2000 -- c 2000 to c 2010 -- USA.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Nationalism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies.
HISTORY -- Military -- Biological & Chemical Warfare.
Politics and Government.
Armed Forces and mass media
Gender identity
Public relations
Women and the military
International relations -- United States of America, USA -- c 1990 to c 1999 -- c 2000 to c 2009.
Military institutions, memorials -- United States of America, USA -- c 1990 to c 1999 -- c 2000 to c 2009.
Nationalism -- United States of America, USA -- c 1990 to c 1999 -- c 2000 to c 2009.
Gender studies, gender groups -- United States of America, USA -- c 1990 to c 1999 -- c 2000 to c 2009.
Military engineering -- United States of America, USA -- c 1990 to c 1999 -- c 2000 to c 2009.
Politics and Government.
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781137296849
1137296844