Security disarmed : critical perspectives on gender, race, and militarization /

From the history of state terrorism in Latin America, to state- and group-perpetrated plunder and genocide in Africa, to war and armed conflicts in the Middle East, militarization--the heightened role of organized aggression in society--continues to painfully shape the lives of millions of people ar...

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Other Authors: Sutton, Barbara, 1970- (Editor), Morgen, Sandra (Editor), Novkov, Julie, 1966- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2008]
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Table of Contents:
  • Rethinking security, confronting inequality : an introduction / Barbara Sutton and Julie Novkov
  • Contesting militarization : global perspectives / Gwyn Kirk
  • Gender, race, and militarism : toward a more just alternative / Barbara Lee
  • Activist statements : visions and strategies for a just peace / International Congress of Women at The Hague Gender and Human Security Network, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center
  • Los nuevos desaparecidos y muertos : immigration, militarization, death, and disappearance on Mexico's borders / Lynn Stephen
  • Saving Iranian women : Orientalist feminism and the Axis of Evil / Roksana Bahramitash
  • On women and "Indians" : the politics of inclusion and exclusion in militarized Fiji / Teresia K. Teaiwa
  • Plunder as statecraft : militarism and resistance in neocolonial Africa / Patricia McFadden
  • Because Vieques is our home : defend it! Women resisting militarization in Vieques, Puerto Rico / Katherine T. McCaffrey
  • Manhood, sexuality, and nation in post 9/11 United States / Bonnie Mann
  • The citizen-soldier as a substitute soldier : militarism at the intersection of neoliberalism and neoconservatism / Leonard C. Feldman
  • I want you! The 3 R's : reading, 'riting, and recruiting / Karen Houppert
  • Living room terrorists / Catherine Lutz
  • Militarizing women in film : toward a cinematic framing of war and terror / Janell Hobson
  • Army of none : militarism, positionality, and film / Cindy Sousa and Ron Smith
  • Teaching about gender, race, and militarization after 9/11 : nurturing dissent, compassion, and hope in the classroom / Simona Sharoni.