Bring me men : military masculinity and the benign facade of American empire, 1898-2001 / Aaron Belkin.

Author/creator Belkin, Aaron, 1966-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press, ©2012.
Descriptionxi, 244 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Subjects
United States Naval Academy--Case studies.
Sociology, Military--United States. --Case studies.
Masculinity--United States. --Case studies.
Sexual harassment in the military--United States. --Case studies.
Rape--United States. --Case studies.
Spanish-American War, 1898--Philippines. --Case studies.

Contents Introduction: The emergence of military masculinity in modern American culture -- Part I: Theory. Crack troops : military masculinity isn't masculine ; Imperial cruise : military masculinity and the normalization of empire's contradictions -- Part II: Case study one : Penetrable/impenetrable - U.S. Naval Academy, 2000. Well-reared boys : penetration and rape in the U.S. military ; Man over board : naturalizing male-male rape in the U.S. Navy -- Case study two : Filthy/clean : Philippines, 1898- Spoiling for a fight : filth, cleanliness and normative masculinity ; Civilizing duties : purity, pollution, empire and the return of the uncanny -- Epilogue : American exceptionalism, military masculinity and the politics of paranoia.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-231) and index.
LCCN 2011047825
ISBN9780231702843 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0231702841 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780231702850 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN023170285X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780231800679 (e-book)
ISBN0231800673 (e-book)

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