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Title:
WOMEN AND WAR
By:
Jean Bethke Elshtain
Format:
Paperback
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ISBN 10:
0226206262
ISBN 13:
9780226206264
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Publisher:
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
Pub. date:
5 July, 1995
Pages:
321
Description:
This study examines how the myths of man as "Just Warrior" and woman as "Beautiful Soul" serve to recreate/secure women's social position as noncombatants and men's identity as warriors. It demonstrates how these myths are undermined by the reality of female bellicosity and sacrificial male love.
Synopsis:
Jean Elshtain examines how the myths of Man as "Just Warrior" and Woman as "Beautiful Soul" serve to recreate and secure women's social position as noncombatants and men's identity as warriors. Elshtain demonstrates how these myths are undermined by the reality of female bellicosity and sacrificial male love, as well as the moral imperatives of just wars.
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14 maps
Publication:
US
Imprint:
University of Chicago Press
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