Gender Camouflage

Author : Francine J. D'Amico,Laurie L. Weinstein
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1999-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814719077

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Gender Camouflage by Francine J. D'Amico,Laurie L. Weinstein Pdf

Controversy about women in the military continues, yet women's relations with the military go far beyond whether they serve in the ranks. Gender Camouflage brings together a diverse array of authors to explore the controversy surrounding women's military service, to examine the invisibility of civilian women who support the institution, and to expose the military's efforts to camouflage their support and contributions. Contributors first consider nurses, servicewomen, military academy students, female veterans, and lesbians. The focus then shifts to military wives, women employed by the DoD, and female civilian military instructors whose work is less visible but no less essential to the institution. The book also examines the experiences of women outside of the military, such as "comfort women" near U.S. bases, women engaged in peacework, and women workers affected by military spending in the federal budget. Analytic chapters are juxtaposed with first-person narratives by women who have actually been there, including a member of the first gender-integrated class at West Point, the first female civilian instructors at the U.S. Naval Academy, and an African American Air Force Nurse Corps veteran. Contributors include Connie Reeves, Georgia Clark Sadler, Gwyn Kirk, and Joan Furey.

Author : Melissa S. Herbert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0585315965

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Camouflage Isn't Only for Combat by Melissa S. Herbert Pdf

Author : Melissa S. Herbert,Máel Embser-Herbert
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814735480

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Camouflage Isn't Only for Combat by Melissa S. Herbert,Máel Embser-Herbert Pdf

Reveals the different ways women navigate the traditionally masculine environment of the military Drawing on surveys and interviews with almost 300 female military personnel, Melissa Herbert explores how women's everyday actions, such as choice of uniform, hobby, or social activity, involve the creation and re-creation of what it means to be a woman, and particularly a woman soldier. Do women feel pressured to be "more masculine," to convey that they are not a threat to men's jobs or status and to avoid being perceived as lesbians? She also examines the role of gender and sexuality in the maintenance of the male-defined military institution, proposing that, more than sexual harassment or individual discrimination, it is the military's masculine ideology--which views military service as the domain of men and as a mechanism for the achievement of manhood--which serves to limit women's participation in the military has increased dramatically. In the wake of armed conflict involving female military personnel and several sexual misconduct scandals, much attention has focused on what life is like for women in the armed services. Few, however, have examined how these women negotiate an environment that has been structured and defined as masculine.

Author : Sarah Bargiela
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781785926679

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Camouflage by Sarah Bargiela Pdf

Autism in women and girls is still not widely understood, and is often misrepresented or even overlooked. This graphic novel offers an engaging and accessible insight into the lives and minds of autistic women, using real-life case studies. The charming illustrations lead readers on a visual journey of how women on the spectrum experience everyday life, from metaphors and masking in social situations, to friendships and relationships and the role of special interests. Fun, sensitive and informative, this is a fantastic resource for anyone who wishes to understand how gender affects autism, and how to create safer supportive and more accessible environments for women on the spectrum.

Author : Rachel Woodward,Claire Duncanson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137516770

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The Palgrave International Handbook of Gender and the Military by Rachel Woodward,Claire Duncanson Pdf

The Palgrave International Handbook of Gender and the Military provides a comprehensive overview of the multiple ways in which gender and militaries connect. International and multi-disciplinary in scope, this edited volume provides authoritative accounts of the many intersections through which militaries issues and military forces are shaped by gender. The chapters provide detailed accounts of key issues, informed by examples from original research in a wealth of different national contexts. This Handbook includes coverage of conceptual approaches to the study of gender and militaries, gender and the organisation of state military forces, gender as it pertains to military forces in action, transitions and transgressions within militaries, gender and non-state military forces, and gender in representations of military personnel and practices. With contributions from a range of both established and early career scholars, The Palgrave International Handbook of Gender and the Military is an essential guide to current debates on gender and contemporary military issues.

Author : Caron E. Gentry,Laura J. Shepherd,Laura Sjoberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 939 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315525075

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Routledge Handbook of Gender and Security by Caron E. Gentry,Laura J. Shepherd,Laura Sjoberg Pdf

This handbook provides a comprehensive look at the study of gender and security in global politics. The volume is based on the core argument that gender is conceptually necessary to thinking about central questions of security; analytically important for thinking about cause and effect in security; and politically important for considering possibilities of making the world better in the future. Contributions to the volume look at various aspects of studying gender and security through diverse lenses that engage diverse feminisms, with diverse policy concerns, and working with diverse theoretical contributions from scholars of security more broadly. It is grouped into four thematic sections: Gendered approaches to security (including theoretical, conceptual, and methodological approaches); Gendered insecurities in global politics (including the ways insecurity in global politics is distributed and read on the basis of gender); Gendered practices of security (including how policy practice and theory work together, or do not); Gendered security institutions (across a wide variety of spaces and places in global politics). This handbook will be of great interest to students of gender studies, security studies and IR in general.

Author : Joe Haldeman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101208304

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Camouflage by Joe Haldeman Pdf

Two aliens have wandered Earth for centuries. The Changeling has survived by adapting the forms of many different organisms. The Chameleon destroys anything or anyone that threatens it. Now, a sunken relic that holds the key to their origins calls to them to take them home—but the Chameleon has decided there's only room for one.

Author : Eilidh Cage,Danijela Serbic
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889717965

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What Does It Mean to Have an Invisible Condition? by Eilidh Cage,Danijela Serbic Pdf

There are many people who experience invisible, and often undiagnosed, disabilities and conditions which affect their everyday lives. On the surface, it might not be immediately obvious that someone perhaps has a different way of thinking, experiencing or processing the world around them. Having an invisible disability usually means that it is difficult to provide concrete, visible evidence for it and it can be perceived as ‘not real’ by other people. Indeed, some individuals can often be made to feel they are not good enough, and may end up masking or hiding their difficulties in order to just get by in day-to-day life without being judged. In this collection, we introduce and educate Young Minds about a range of “invisible” conditions, for example mental health conditions like Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, autism, chronic pain conditions, intellectual disabilities, stuttering, and many others. We also highlight some of the wider challenges faced within society, such as the lack of understanding from other people, and discuss how Young Minds can potentially support their friends and family who might be experiencing some of these disabilities or conditions. This collection covers what Young Minds could learn about what it means to have an invisible condition and how it can impact on relationships, education, thinking, communication, emotions, behaviours, and generally navigating everyday life. Further, some people might be unwilling to seek help and share their concerns with others, because they are worried that others don’t really understand what life is like for them. We hope that this collection helps those without an invisible condition to think carefully about how they can make the world a more supportive and inclusive place for everyone.

Author : Soumeyya Halayem,Isabelle Reine Amado,Asma Bouden,Bennett Leventhal
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9782832501696

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Advances in Social Cognition Assessment and Intervention in Autism Spectrum Disorder by Soumeyya Halayem,Isabelle Reine Amado,Asma Bouden,Bennett Leventhal Pdf

Author : H. Michael Gelfand
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807877470

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Sea Change at Annapolis by H. Michael Gelfand Pdf

Since 1845, the United States Naval Academy has prepared professional military leaders at its Annapolis, Maryland, campus. Although it remains steeped in a culture of tradition and discipline, the Academy is not impervious to change. Dispelling the myth that the Academy is a bastion of tradition unmarked by progress, H. Michael Gelfand examines challenges to the Naval Academy's culture from both inside and outside the Academy's walls between 1949 and 2000, an era of dramatic social change in American history. Drawing on more than two hundred oral histories, extensive archival research, and his own participatory observation at the Academy, Gelfand demonstrates that events at Annapolis reflect the transformation of American culture and society at large in the Cold War and post-Cold War periods. In eight chapters, he discusses recruiting and minority midshipmen, the end of mandatory attendance at religious services, women's experiences as they sought and achieved admission and later served as midshipmen, and the responses of multiple generations of midshipmen to societal changes, particularly during the Vietnam War era. This cultural history not only sheds light on events at the Naval Academy but also offers a novel perspective on democratic ideals in the United States.

Author : Susie M. Jacobs,Ruth Jacobsen,Jen Marchbank
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1856496562

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States of Conflict by Susie M. Jacobs,Ruth Jacobsen,Jen Marchbank Pdf

Highlighting gendered violence across layers of social and political organization, from the military to the sexual, this book explores the connections between international security, intra-state conflict and 'domestic' violence. International in scope, it makes the links between the local and the global and between the public and the private, in its discussion of gendered violence. Claiming that it is not enough to simply 'add' women to international relations theory, the contributors to this book brilliantly demonstrate how much more fruitful an in-depth analysis of the different layers of gendered violence can be. This book will be necessary reading for students and academics of women's studies, international relations and political theory.

Author : Ann Rea
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781350271371

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Sexuality and Gender in Fictions of Espionage by Ann Rea Pdf

An exploration of how espionage narratives give access to cultural conceptions of gender and sexuality before and following the Second World War, this book moves away from masculinist assumptions of the genre to offer an integrative survey of the sexualities on display from important characters across spy fiction. Topics covered include how authors mocked the traditional spy genre; James Bond as a symbol of pervasive British Superiority still anxious about masculinity; how older female spies act as queer figures that disturb the masculine mythology of the secret agent; and how the clandestine lives of agents described ways to encode queer communities under threat from fascism. Covering texts such as the Bond novels, John Le Carré's oeuvre (and their notable adaptations) and works by Helen MacInnes, Christopher Isherwood and Mick Herron, Sexuality and Gender in Fictions of Espionage takes stock of spy fiction written by women, female protagonists written by men, and probes the representations of masculinity generated by male authors. Offering a counterpoint to a genre traditionally viewed as male-centric, Sexuality and Gender in Fictions of Espionage proposes a revision of masculinity, femininity, queer identities and gendered concepts such as domesticity, and relates them to notions of nationality and the defence work conducted at crucial moments in history.

Author : Judith Bellafaire
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136854057

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Women in the United States Military by Judith Bellafaire Pdf

Women’s participation in the U.S. Armed Forces has grown over time in response to the national need for their services. Throughout each era of American history, patriotic women volunteered to serve their country in a wide variety of official and unofficially sanctioned capacities. When there was a call to duty, the United States Armed Forces always relied upon women to be a part of the effort. Women in the United States Military: An Annotated Bibliography is the most complete and up to date listing of resources to help students and scholars understand the effect women have had on the wars that have shaped the United States. Covering everything from the American Revolution to Operations in Iraq, Women in the United States Military is essential for all academic and research libraries.

Author : George Lucas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317801771

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Routledge Handbook of Military Ethics by George Lucas Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Military Ethics is a comprehensive reference work that addresses concerns held in common by the military services of many nations. It attempts to discern both moral dilemmas and clusters of moral principles held in common by all practitioners of this profession, regardless of nation or culture. Comprising essays by contributors drawn from the four service branches (Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine corps) as well as civilian academics specializing in this field, this handbook discusses the relationship of "ethics" in the military setting to applied and professional ethics generally. Leading scholars and senior military practitioners from countries including the US, UK, France, China, Australia and Japan, discuss various national cultural views of the moral dimensions of military service. With reference to the responsibilities of professional orientation and education, as well as the challenges posed by recent technological developments, this handbook examines the difficulties underpinning the fundamental framework of military service. This book will be of much interest to students of military studies, war theory, ethics philosophy, sociology, war and conflict studies, and security studies.

Author : Anthony F. Rotatori,Julie A. Deisinger
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781784416577

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The Broad Autism Phenotype by Anthony F. Rotatori,Julie A. Deisinger Pdf

This proposed volume will provide in-depth coverage about a construct known as the broad autism phenotype (BAP).