1st Edition

Embodying Militarism Exploring the Spaces and Bodies In-Between

Edited By Synne L. Dyvik, Lauren Greenwood Copyright 2018
154 Pages
by Routledge

154 Pages
by Routledge

154 Pages
by Routledge

How are militarism and militarisation embodied and why is it important to study these concepts together? This volume highlights a lack of research into people’s emotions, bodies and experiences in global politics, and brings these important dimensions to bear on how we study militarism and process of militarisation. This collection showcases innovative research that examines people’s... Read more

1. Introduction: Embodying militarism: exploring the spaces and bodies in-between Synne L. Dyvik and Lauren Greenwood  Part I: Research articles  2. Blurred lines: intimacy, mobility, and the social military Peter Adey, David Denney, Rikke Jensen and Alasdair Pinkerton  3. "You do not live in my skin": embodiment, voice, and the veteran Sarah Bulmer and David Jackson  4. Sexy warriors: the politics and pleasures of submission to the state Jesse Paul Crane-Seeber  5. Of bats and bodies: methods for reading and writing embodiment Synne L. Dyvik  6. Researching from the spaces in between? The politics of accountability in studying the British military Harriet Gray  7. Chameleon masculinity: developing the British ‘population-centred’ soldier Lauren Greenwood  8. Doing military fitness: physical culture, civilian leisure, and militarism Kevin McSorley  Part II: Encounters  9. Writing about embodiment as an act of translation Catherine Baker  10. Somatic soldier: embodiment and the aesthetic of absence and presence Torika Bolatagici  11. Sounds of silence: reflections on songwriting and international relations Susanna Hast  12. Diary of a plastic soldier (extracts) Pip Thornton

Biography

Synne L. Dyvik is Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Sussex, UK.

Lauren Greenwood is a Social Anthropologist at the University of Sussex, UK, and a former British Royal Naval Reservist.