W stands for women : how the George W. Bush presidency shaped a new politics of gender / edited by Michaele L. Ferguson and Lori Jo Marso.

Other author Ferguson, Michaele L., 1973-
Other author Marso, Lori Jo.
Format Book
Publication InfoDurham : Duke University Press, 2007.
Descriptionviii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Introduction: feminism, gender, and security in the Bush presidency / Michaele L. Ferguson and Lori J. Marso. Pt. I. Compassionate patriarchy. The allure of authoritarianism: Bush administration ideology and the reconsolidation of patriarchy / R. Claire Snyder -- The politics of compassion in th age of AIDS / Karen Zivi. Pt. II. Bush's masculinities. Straight eye for the straight guy / David S. Gutterman and Danielle Regan -- W's masculine pseudo-democracy: brothers-in-arms, suicide bombers, and the culture of life / Andrew Feffer. Pt. III. Gendered war logics at home and abroad. The logic of masculine protection: reflections on the current security states / Iris Marion Young -- Gender trouble at Abu Ghraib? / Timothy Kaufman-Osborn -- Feminists versus feminization: confronting the war logics of the George W. Bush administration / Mary Hawkesworth. Pt. IV. Feminist responses. Feminism and security rhetoric in the post-September 11 Bush administration / Michaele L. Ferguson -- Feminism and the complications of freeing the women of Afghanistan and Iraq / Lori J. Marso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [245]-267) and index.
LCCN 2007004081
ISBN9780822340645 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN082234064X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780822340423 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0822340429 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HQ 1236.5.U6 W2 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold