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
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)