Beschreibung:
Cecilia Åse is Professor of Gender Studies at Stockholm University, Sweden.
This book offers a feminist analysis of military sacrifice and reveals the importance of a gender perspective in understanding the idea of honourable death.
1. Introduction: Gender, War and Military Sacrifice Cecilia Åse 2. Comparisons as Feminist Method: Denaturalising Gender and Nation Cecilia Åse and Maria Wendt 3. The Politics of War Rituals: Military Scarifice and Gendered Meaning-making Maria Wendt 4. The New National War Monuments: Interrogating Gendered Narratives in Commemorative Sculpture Vron Ware 5. Artistic Interventions: Gender and Nation in Contemporary War Art Redi Koobak 6. Debating Deaths: The Possibility of Dissent in the Face of Military Sacrifice Hanne Martinek 7. Gendered Grief: Mourners' Politicisation of Military Death Cecilia Åse, Monica Quirico, and Maria Wendt 8. Conclusion: The Gendered Politics of Contemporary Military Sacrifice Cecilia Åse and Maria Wendt