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