Sovereign masculinity : gender lessons from the war on terror /

Mann, Bonnie,

Sovereign masculinity : gender lessons from the war on terror / Bonnie Mann. - New York, NY : Oxford University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (x, 231 pages) - Studies in feminist philosophy .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : strange cousins -- Prologue. Justifications. Invitation ; Beauvior ; History -- part 1. Style. Aesthetic ; Recognition ; Woman -- part 2. Imaginary. Imaginary ; Shame ; Redemption -- part 3. Frame. Existence ; Home ; Father -- part 4. Apparatus. Shock and awe ; Institution ; Torture -- Conclusion. Conclusion : permanent state of exception.

Through examining practices of torture, extra-judicial assassination, and first person accounts of soldiers on the ground, Bonnie Mann develops a new theory of gender.



9780199981663 9780199355020


Men--Identity.
Masculinity--Political aspects.
Nationalism.
Sovereignty.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Feminist theory.


Electronic Books.

HQ1090 / .S684 2014