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War and gender : how gender shapes the war system and vice versa / Joshua S. Goldstein.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.Description: xv, 523 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521807166
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.27 22
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Contents:
A puzzle : the cross-cultural consistency of gender roles in war -- Women warriors : the historical record of female combatants -- Bodies : the biology of individual gender -- Groups : bonding, hierarchy, and social identity -- Heroes : the making of militarized masculinity -- Conquests : sex, rape, and exploitation in wartime -- Reflections : the mutuality of gender and war.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books Library, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) Available at Centre for Social Science Research 306.27 G6181w 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 01 Not For Loan 023071
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-480) and indexes.

A puzzle : the cross-cultural consistency of gender roles in war -- Women warriors : the historical record of female combatants -- Bodies : the biology of individual gender -- Groups : bonding, hierarchy, and social identity -- Heroes : the making of militarized masculinity -- Conquests : sex, rape, and exploitation in wartime -- Reflections : the mutuality of gender and war.

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