Synne L Dyvik

Gendering Counterinsurgency

Performativity, Embodiment and Experience in the Afghan 'Theatre of War'

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Produktbeschreibung

Gendering Counterinsurgency demonstrates how population-centric counterinsurgency doctrine and practice can be captured within a gendered dynamic of `killing and caring¿ ¿ at once an effort to improve conditions for Afghan civilians, while also subjecting them to physical violence. This contradictory and complementary dynamic cannot be understood without recognising how the legitimation and the practice of this war relied on multiple gendered performances of masculinity and femininity. Developing the concept of embodied performativity this book shows how the clues to understanding war as experience as well as analysing war as a political tool lie in its everyday gendered manifestations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781138909250
• ISBN-10: 1138909254
• Artikelnr.: 42742456

Autorenporträt

Synne L. Dyvik is a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Sussex, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Gendering the War in Afghanistan 1. Performing Gender in the `Theatre of War
2. Gendered Invasions 3. Gendering the `Kinder, Gentler
War 4. Embodying Combat and Fighting 5. A `Woman
s Touch
to Counterinsurgency 6. Producing Masculinities, Justifying Withdrawal Conclusion: Gendering the `Killing and Caring
of Counterinsurgency