Bring me men
Subtitle: military masculinity and the benign facade of American empire, 1898-2001
By: Aaron Belkin
Series: Critical war studies series; Critical war studies
Publisher: Hurst & Co.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781849041775
Subjects: Military Sociology; History; Masculinity; Gender identity; Social conditions
Description: 'Bring Me Men' argues that American warriors must enter into a close relationship with the 'unmasculine' to define themselves. The case studies cover male-on-male rape at the US Naval Academy, as well as historical and contemporary attitudes towards cleanliness and filth.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART I; title: Theory; title: 1.Crack Troops: Military Masculinity Isn't Masculine; title: 2.Imperial Cruise: Military Masculinity and the Normalization of Empire's Contradictions; title: PART II; title: Case Study One Penetrable/Impenetrable; title: -U.S. Naval Academy, 2000; title: 3.Well-Reared Boys: Penetration and Rape in the U.S. Military; title: 4.Man Oyer Board: Naturalizing Male-Male Rape in the U.S. Navy; title: Case Study Two Filthy/Clean; title: -Philippines, 1898-; title: 5.Spoiling for a Fight: Filth, Cleanliness and Normative Masculinity; title: 6.Civilizing Duties: Purity, Pollution, Empire and the Return of the Uncanny.