Rethinking the Man Question: Sex, Gender and Violence in International Relations - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184277980X ISBN 13: 9781842779804

Publisher: Zed Books, 2008

Synopsis

The book is a follow-up to the influential volume, The 'Man' Question in International Relations. This new edition aims to integrate masculinity studies and feminist theorizing by analyzing white male privilege within international relations, the role of masculinity within the theory and practice of war and masculinity in an increasingly militarized world. It looks at how the theories and practice of masculinity affect international issues. Using a global approach it covers contemporary and cutting-edge issues and themes, including chapters on the cyborg soldier, post-traumatic stress and the hyper-masculine Muslim male.

About this title

About the Author:

Jane L. Parpart is visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and the Gender Institute, and Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie University. Marysia Zalewski is Director of the Centre for Gender Studies at the University of Aberdeen.

Review:

'This impressive collection deftly extends the feminist inquiry into International Relations by interrogating men and masculinity. Scholars and students are able to both see men as gendered actors, as well as understand the gender of institutions and organizations. Taken alongside analyses of women, this collection will reframe the field -- integrating masculinity, but ever mindful of power differences.' Michael Kimmel, SUNY Stony Brook, editor Men and Masculinities 'More sophisticated than its predecessor, Rethinking the Man Question is a powerful collection with real and disturbing policy implications. The essays here are deeply integrated with the new global study of masculinity and contemporary international relations theory. Together, they make a convincing case for putting gender at the centre of the way we think about international relations.' Craig N. Murphy, Wellesley College 'Located at the intersection of feminism, masculinity studies, post colonial studies and international relations, this striking collection demonstrates the extraordinary resilience and malleability of gendered power and violence in today's toxic post 9/11 world and opens up new terrain in the study and practice of national and global politics' Jindy Pettman, ANU How come there is such vigorous resistance to women's equality in spite of decades of progressive social changes? These essays expose the desperate grip of masculinist logics and effects on both the field of international relations and also on life itself and its meanings around the globe today. Yet there are new possibilities for effectively loosening the grip of gender on current social institutions and practices. These essays point readers toward them. Sandra Harding, UCLA

About this edition

• Publisher: Zed Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 184277980X
• ISBN 13: 9781842779804
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 234
• Editor: Parpart Jane L., Zalewski Doctor Marysia