Gender, Power, and Military Occupations Asia Pacific and the Middle East since 1945

Military occupations and interventions have a gendered impact on both those engaged in occupying, and those whose lands have been occupied. Yet little is known about this gendered impact, in terms of both masculinities and femininities, either historically or in contemporary times. While research in...

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Main Authors:	Matos, Christine de, Ward, Rowena
Format:	eBook Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York Routledge 2012 Taylor and Francis Taylor & Francis Group
Edition:	1
Series:	Routledge Research in Gender and History
Subjects:	Asian History Contemporary History 1945 Control (Psychology) International History Iraq Japan Men Military & Naval History Military bases Military intervention Military occupation Occupation Peacekeeping Philippines Political History Post-Conflict Sex role Violence Women Women and war Women's & Gender History World Woman's NGO Young Man Abu Ghraib Incident Military intervention East Timor Miyume Tanji Palestinian Women Chamorro People East Timorese Men East Timorese Iraqi Women Australian National University Okinawan Students Post-Conflict Peacekeeping Humanitarian Aid Common Language Iraq Abu Ghraib Photographs Women's Mass Organizations Women Peacekeeping Research Military bases Philippines Japan NGO Staff CIA Operative Remote Northern Territory Communities Occupation Study Abroad Program East Timorese Society Abu Ghraib Indonesian Occupation Men Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services
ISBN:	9780415891837, 0415891833, 9781138110595, 1138110590
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Table of Contents:

Cover -- Gender, Power, and Military Occupations -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1. Analyzing Gendered Occupation Power -- Part I. Asia and the Pacific -- 2. Occupation Masculinities: The Residues of Colonial Power in Australian Occupied Japan -- 3. Encountering National and Gendered Selves: Identity Formation of Okinawan Students in the United States during the US Occupation of Okinawa -- 4. Histories of Violence: Occupation, Resistance and Masculinities in Timor-Leste -- 5. Lily Pads and Leisure Meccas: The Gendered Political Economy of Post-Base and Post-9/11 Philippines -- 6. Chamorro Warriors and Godmothers Meet Uncle Sam: Gender, Loyalty and Resistance to US Military Occupation in Postwar Guam -- 7. The Northern Territory Intervention in Australia: A Grassroots Perspective -- Part II. South Asia and the Middle East -- 8. Caught between Cultures: How the Occupation of Iraq Is Reinforcing and Redefining Gender Roles -- 9. The People Follow the Mullah, and the Mullah Follows the People: Politics of Aid and Gender in Afghanistan Post-2001 -- 10. Abu Ghraib: A Ghostly Story -- 11. The National Struggle and Women's Rights: The Case of Palestine -- 12. This Garden Uprooted: Gendered Violence, Suff ering and Resistance in Indian-Administered Kashmir -- 13. Forced Encounters and Gendered Impacts: Past, Present and Future -- List of Contributors -- Index