Bring me men : military masculinity and the benign facade of American empire, 1898-2001 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Belkin, Aaron, 1966-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, [2012]
Subjects:	Sociology, Military > United States > Case studies. Masculinity > United States > Case studies. Sexual harassment in the military > United States > Case studies. Rape > United States > Case studies. United States Naval Academy > Case studies. Spanish-American War, 1898 > Philippines > Case studies.

Table of Contents:

Crack troops : military masculinity isn't masculine
Imperial cruise : military masculinity and the normalization of empire's contradictions
Case study one: Penetrable/impenetrable : U.S. Naval Academy, 2000
Well-reared boys : penetration and rape in the U.S. military
Man over board : naturalizing male-male rape in the U.S. Navy
Case study two: Filthy/clean : Philippines, 1898
Spoiling for a fight : filth, cleanliness and normative masculinity
Civilizing duties : purity, pollution, empire and the return of the uncanny
Epilogue : American exceptionalism, military masculinity and the politics of paranoia.