The Resource Women as weapons of war : Iraq, sex, and the media, Kelly Oliver
Women as weapons of war : Iraq, sex, and the media, Kelly Oliver
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The item Women as weapons of war : Iraq, sex, and the media, Kelly Oliver represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- "From the female soldiers involved in Abu Ghraib to Palestinian women suicide bombers, women and their bodies have become powerful weapons in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. In Women as Weapons of War, Kelly Oliver reveals how the media arid the administration frequently use metaphors of weaponry to describe women and female sexuality and forge a deliberate link between notions of vulnerability and images of violence. Focusing specifically on the U.S. campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq, Oliver analyzes contemporary discourse surrounding women, sex, and gender and the use of women to justify America's decision to go to war. For example, the administration's call to liberate "women of cover," suggesting a woman's right to bare arms is a sign of freedom and progress." "Oliver also considers what forms of cultural meaning, or lack of meaning, could cause both the guiltlessness demonstrated by female soldiers at Abu Ghraib and the profound commitment to death made by suicide bombers. She examines the pleasure taken in violence and the passion for death exhibited by these women and what kind of contexts created them. In conclusion, Oliver diagnoses our cultural fascination with sex, violence, and death and its relationship with live news coverage and embedded reporting, which naturalizes horrific events and stymies critical reflection. This process, she argues, further compromises the borders between fantasy and reality, fueling a kind of paranoid patriotism that results in extreme forms of violence."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 208 pages)
- Contents
-
- Introduction : sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll
- Women : the secret weapon of modern warfare?
- Sexual freedom as global freedom?
- Perpetual war, real live coverage!
- Innocence, vulnerability, and violence
- Conclusion : witnessing ethics again
- Isbn
- 9780231512459
- Label
- Women as weapons of war : Iraq, sex, and the media
- Title
- Women as weapons of war
- Title remainder
- Iraq, sex, and the media
- Statement of responsibility
- Kelly Oliver
- Subject
-
- Afghanistan
- Afghanistankrieg
- Berichterstattung
- Electronic books
- Feminist theory
- Feminist theory
- Frau
- Frau
- HISTORY -- Middle East -- General
- Irak
- Irakkrieg
- Iraq
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Press coverage -- United States
- Massamedia
- 2003-2011
- PHILOSOPHY -- Movements | Deconstruction
- Press coverage
- Sekseverschillen
- Seksualiteit
- Soldatin
- USA
- Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
- United States
- Verenigde Staten
- Vrouwen
- Women and the military
- Women and the military -- Iraq
- Oorlogvoering
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "From the female soldiers involved in Abu Ghraib to Palestinian women suicide bombers, women and their bodies have become powerful weapons in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. In Women as Weapons of War, Kelly Oliver reveals how the media arid the administration frequently use metaphors of weaponry to describe women and female sexuality and forge a deliberate link between notions of vulnerability and images of violence. Focusing specifically on the U.S. campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq, Oliver analyzes contemporary discourse surrounding women, sex, and gender and the use of women to justify America's decision to go to war. For example, the administration's call to liberate "women of cover," suggesting a woman's right to bare arms is a sign of freedom and progress." "Oliver also considers what forms of cultural meaning, or lack of meaning, could cause both the guiltlessness demonstrated by female soldiers at Abu Ghraib and the profound commitment to death made by suicide bombers. She examines the pleasure taken in violence and the passion for death exhibited by these women and what kind of contexts created them. In conclusion, Oliver diagnoses our cultural fascination with sex, violence, and death and its relationship with live news coverage and embedded reporting, which naturalizes horrific events and stymies critical reflection. This process, she argues, further compromises the borders between fantasy and reality, fueling a kind of paranoid patriotism that results in extreme forms of violence."--Jacket
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- HNK
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1958-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Oliver, Kelly
- Dewey number
- 956.7044/3082
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- U21.75
- LC item number
- .O43 2007eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Women and the military
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Feminist theory
- Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
- PHILOSOPHY
- HISTORY
- Feminist theory
- Press coverage
- Women and the military
- Iraq
- United States
- Afghanistankrieg
- Berichterstattung
- Frau
- Irakkrieg
- Soldatin
- Oorlogvoering
- Vrouwen
- Seksualiteit
- Sekseverschillen
- Massamedia
- Verenigde Staten
- Irak
- Afghanistan
- Frau
- USA
- Label
- Women as weapons of war : Iraq, sex, and the media, Kelly Oliver
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-193) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll -- Women : the secret weapon of modern warfare? -- Sexual freedom as global freedom? -- Perpetual war, real live coverage! -- Innocence, vulnerability, and violence -- Conclusion : witnessing ethics again
- Control code
- 697268246
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 208 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780231512459
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttgrd76
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)697268246
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Women as weapons of war : Iraq, sex, and the media, Kelly Oliver
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-193) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll -- Women : the secret weapon of modern warfare? -- Sexual freedom as global freedom? -- Perpetual war, real live coverage! -- Innocence, vulnerability, and violence -- Conclusion : witnessing ethics again
- Control code
- 697268246
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 208 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780231512459
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttgrd76
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)697268246
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Afghanistan
- Afghanistankrieg
- Berichterstattung
- Electronic books
- Feminist theory
- Feminist theory
- Frau
- Frau
- HISTORY -- Middle East -- General
- Irak
- Irakkrieg
- Iraq
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Press coverage -- United States
- Massamedia
- 2003-2011
- PHILOSOPHY -- Movements | Deconstruction
- Press coverage
- Sekseverschillen
- Seksualiteit
- Soldatin
- USA
- Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
- United States
- Verenigde Staten
- Vrouwen
- Women and the military
- Women and the military -- Iraq
- Oorlogvoering
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