The Sexual Economy of War: Discipline and Desire in the U.S. Army
Title | The Sexual Economy of War: Discipline and Desire in the U.S. Army |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2019 |
Authors | Byers, Andrew |
Number of Pages | 278 |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
City | Ithaca, NY |
Abstract | In The Sexual Economy of War, Andrew Byers argues that in the early twentieth century, concerns about unregulated sexuality affected every aspect of how the US Army conducted military operations. Far from being an exercise marginal to the institution and its scope of operations, governing sexuality was, in fact, integral to the military experience during a time of two global conflicts and numerous other army deployments. Byers shows that none of the issues related to current debates about gender, sex, and the military―the inclusion of LGBTQ soldiers, sexual harassment and violence, the integration of women―is new at all. Framing the American story within an international context, he looks at case studies from the continental United States, Hawaii, the Philippines, France, and Germany. [amazon] |
URL | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctvfc55qb |
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