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Overview"Is today's All-Volunteer Force still ""This Man's Army""? In a nation that has seen the rise of feminism, the decline of blue-collar employment, military defeat in Vietnam, and a general upheaval of traditional gender norms, what kind of man is today's military man? What kind does the military want him to be?In Enlisting Masculinity, Melissa Brown asks whether appeals to and constructions of masculinity remain the underlying basis of military recruiting-and if so, what that notion of masculinity actually is. Are the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marines courting warriors or breadwinners; patriots or pragmatists; dominant masters of technology, or strong yet compassionate masters of themselves? Is each military branch recruiting the same model of masculinity?Based on an analysis of more than 300 print advertisements published between the early 1970s and 2007, as well as television commercials, recruiting websites, and media coverage of recruiting, Enlisting Masculinity argues that masculinity is still a foundation of the appeals made by the military, but that each branch deploys various constructions of masculinity that serve its particular personnel needs and culture, with conventional martial masculinity being only one among them. The inclusion of a few token women in recruiting advertisements has become routine, but the representations of service make it clear that men are the primary audience and combat their exclusive domain. Each branch constructs soldiering upon a slightly different foundation of masculine ideals and Brown delves into why, how, and what that looks like. The military is an important site for the creation and propagation of ideas of masculinity in American culture, and it is often not given the attention that it warrants as a nexus of gender and citizenship. Although most Americans believe they can ignore the military in the era of the all-volunteer force, when it comes to popular culture and ideas about gender, the military is not a thing apart from society. Building a fighting force, Brown shows, also means constructing a gender. Enlisting Masculinity gives us a unique and important perspective on both military service and prevailing conceptions of masculinity in America." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Melissa T. Brown (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, CUNY-Borough of Manhattan Community College)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.40cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 15.60cm Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9780199842827ISBN 10: 0199842825 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 22 March 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Concepts and Context: Masculinity, Citizenship, and the Creation of the AVF Chapter 3: The Army Chapter 4: The Navy Chapter 5: The Marine Corps Chapter 6: The Air Force Chapter 7: Recruiting a Volunteer Force in Wartime Chapter 8: Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Notes IndexReviews<br> When we say that military service 'builds men' we usually think of military socialization - dismantling the old and building the new man. Melissa Brown's careful reading of military advertisements returns us to the enticement, the gendered seduction of military masculinity. If boot camp is the 'shock, ' these ads of manhood based on glory, honor and manhood, are the 'awe. --Michael Kimmel, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Stony Brook University, State University of New York, and author of Manhood in America<br><p><br> After reading Melissa Brown's smart, engaging Enlisting Masculinity, one never again will imagine a monolithic military. Brown shows us how each of the U.S. military's four branches has coped with its peculiar anxieties, while wielding its own myths and strategies to enlist 'just enough' women so that their own preferred masculinity can be preserved. Brown reveals that it hasn't been easy. --Cynthia Enloe, author of Nimo's War, Emma's War: Making Feminist Sense of the Iraq War<br><p><br> Written in a highly engaging style, this work raises interesting questions and should appeal to specialists and general readers alike. --CHOICE<p><br> Author InformationAssistant Professor of Political Science at CUNY-Borough of Manhattan Community College Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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