Gender, war and militarism feminist perspectives

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-270) and index.

Gendered identities, ideologies, and practices in the context of war and militarism / V. Spike Peterson -- From "soft" power to "hard" power : the gendered militarization of the European Union / Stephanie Anderson -- Gender, militarism, and globalization : soldiers for hire and hegemonic masculinity / Sandra Via -- Boots and bedsheets : constructing the military support system in a time of war / Denise Horn -- Confronting militarization : intersections of gender(ed) violence, militarization and resistance in the Pacific / Ronni Alexander -- Fighting in the feminine : the dilemmas of combat women in Israel / Tami Jacoby -- Post-war trajectories for girls associated with fighting forces in Sierra Leone / Susan Shepler -- Rape as a marker and eraser of difference : Darfur and the Nuba mountains (Sudan) / Sondra Hale -- The everyday/everynightness of rape : is it different in war? / Liz Kelly -- Sexual violence during war : towards an understanding of variation / Elisabeth Jean Wood -- Explaining sexual violence in conflict situations / Megan Gerecke -- Links between women, peace, and disarmament : snapshots from the WILPF / Catia C. Confortini -- When is war over? : women's stories of healing and rebuilding after the war in El Salvador / Gwyn Kirk -- Using gender to consider post-conflict forgiveness / Sigal Ben-Porath -- Feminism, nationalism, and globalism : representations of Bosnian "war babies" in the global print media, 1991-2006 / R. Charli Carpenter -- Gendering the empire's soldiers : gender ideologies, the United States military, and the "war on terror" / Laura Sjoberg -- Fireman fetishes and drag king dreams : queer responses to September 11 / Deborah Cohler.