Sexing the Soldier by Rachel Woodward, Trish Winter - 9780415392556

Sexing the SoldierThe Politics of Gender and the Contemporary British Army\nAuthor(s): Rachel Woodward, Trish Winter\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415392556, 978-0415392556\nSynopsis\nSexing the Soldier takes a critical look at how gender - what it means to be a man or a woman - is understood within the contemporary British Army, and the political and practical consequences of this. Drawing on original research, this informaive volume looks at:\n\nthe history and structure of the British Army as a masculine institution\npersonnel policies which deal with gender issues\nthe construction of ideas about military masculinities and femininities within the Army\nmedia representations of the figure of the soldier. \n\nUsing case studies ranging from the exclusion of women from direct combat posts, to the issues surrounding bullying, this book argues that we need a fuller, more nuanced assessment of gender issues in .