208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
208 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book investigates how drone warfare is deeply gendered and how this can be explored through the methodological framework of ‘Haunting’. Utilising original interview data from British Reaper drone crews, the book analyses the way killing by drones complicates traditional understandings of masculinity and femininity in warfare. As their role does not include physical risk, drone crews have... Read more
Introduction. (Dis)embodied Warfare is Ghostly 1. Theorising Military Technologies 2. Haunting 3. H(a)unting the Warrior 4. Grim Reapers – Narratives of Masculinity and Killing 5. The Spectral Screwdriver – On Watching and Being Watched 6. Eroded Souls – Operational Challenges to Masculinity Conclusion
Biography
Lindsay Clark is a research fellow at the University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia, and has a PhD in International Relations from the University of Birmingham, UK
