1st Edition

Gender Ironies of Nationalism Sexing the Nation

Edited By Tamar Mayer Copyright 2000
380 Pages
by Routledge

376 Pages
by Routledge

376 Pages
by Routledge

This book provides a unique social science reading on the construction of nation, gender and sexuality and on the interactions among them. It includes international case studies from Indonesia, Ireland, former Yugoslavia, Liberia, Sri Lanka, Australia, the USA, Turkey, China, India and the Caribbean. The contributors offer both the masculine and feminine perspective, exposing how nations are... Read more
Chapter 1 Gender ironies of nationalism, Tamar Mayer; Chapter 2 Spectacular sexuality, Leslie K. Dwyer; Chapter 3 Death of a nation, Angela K. Martin; Chapter 4 Sexing the nation/desexing the body, Julie Mostov; Chapter 5 Uneasy images, Mary H. Moran; Chapter 6 “Am I a woman in these matters?”, Jeanne Marecek; Chapter 7 Native sex, Elizabeth A. Povinelli; Chapter 8 Kurdish nationalism in Turkey and the role of peasant Kurdish women, Cihan Ahmetbeyzade; Chapter 9 Calligraphy, gender and Chinese nationalism, Tamara Hamlish; Chapter 10 Men’s sexuality and women’s subordination in Indian nationalisms, Steve Derné; Chapter 11 Nationalism and Caribbean masculinity, Linden Lewis; Chapter 12 From zero to hero, Tamar Mayer; Chapter 13 Gender, sexuality and the military model of U.S. national community, Holly Allen; Chapter 14 Angry white men, Andrew Light, William Chaloupka;

Biography

Tamar Mayer is Professor of Geography at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont. USA.

'Mayer, in her thought-provoking and well organized introduction, sets the tone for the volume as she argues that nation, gender and sexuality are all social constructions, and are profoundly embedded in each other.' - Cultural Geographies

'This volume is a useful addition to understanding the intersection between nationalism, state, gender and sexuality in the context of specific national environments ... an important contribution and useful addition to the field of gender studies in nationalism.' - Zlatko Skrbis, University of Queensland