Militarizing men
Subtitle: gender, conscription, and war in post-Soviet Russia
By: Maya Eichler
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780804776196; 9780804776202
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Draft; Masculinity; Militarism; Social aspects; Gender identity; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the personal and public politics of militarizing men; title: Gender and militarization in the Soviet Union; title: Militarized masculinity and state leadership in the Russian-Chechen wars; title: The societal crisis of militarized masculinity : conscription, economic transformation, and the Russian-Chechen wars; title: The soldiers' mothers movement : contesting and reproducing militarized gender roles; title: Veterans of the Chechen wars : questionable warriors or a model of masculinity?; title: Conclusion : masculinity, soldiering, and war in post-Soviet Russia.