Gender and Military Memoirs

Rachel Woodward; Claire Duncanson; K Neil Jenkings

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-51677-0_32

Gender and Military Memoirs

Rachel Woodward, Claire Duncanson, K Neil Jenkings

School of Social and Political Science

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This chapter explores how military memoirs, the published autobiographical books written by military personnel about the experience of military participation, might be used to inform our thinking about the relationships between gender and military phenomena. We consider how the genre is itself gendered, and establish its defining features. We then discuss how memoirs portray particular ideas about the constitution and expression of gender identities within military forces. We look at how memoirs inform arguments about the roles and functions of armed forces within liberal democracies. We consider how memoirs engage with questions about women’s military participation. We conclude with some reflections on military memoirs as a data source in the context of social scientific research on gender and the military.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Palgrave International Handbook of Gender and the Military
Editors	Rachel Woodward, Claire Duncanson
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	525 - 542
Number of pages	17
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-137-51677-0
ISBN (Print)	978-1-137-51676-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51677-0_32
Publication status	Published - 13 Jul 2017

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An Introduction to Gender and the Military
Woodward, R. & Duncanson, C., 13 Jul 2017, The Palgrave International Handbook of Gender and the Military. Woodward, R. & Duncanson, C. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 1-20 20 p.
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Anti-Militarist Feminist Approaches to Researching Gender and the Military
Duncanson, C., 13 Jul 2017, The Palgrave International Handbook of Gender and the Military. Woodward, R. & Duncanson, C. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 39-58
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Gender dynamics in rebel groups
Marks, Z., Jul 2017, The Palgrave International Handbook of Gender and the Military. Woodward, R. & Duncanson, C. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 437-454 18 p. 29
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Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Claire Duncanson (Editor)
Jul 2017
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An Introduction to Gender and the Military

Anti-Militarist Feminist Approaches to Researching Gender and the Military

Gender dynamics in rebel groups

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Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)

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