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Gender, sexuality, and the Cold War : a global perspective / edited by Philip E. Muehlenbeck.

Other author/creatorMuehlenbeck, Philip E. (Philip Emil)
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2017.
Descriptionvii, 306 pages ; 26 cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Contents Hidden in Plain Sight : The Histories of Gender and Sexuality during the Cold War / Marko Dumancic, Western Kentucky University -- Part I: Sexuality -- Faceless and Stateless : French Occupation Policy toward Women and Children in Postwar Germany (1945-1949) / Katherine Rossy, Queen Mary University of London -- Patriarchy and Segregation : Policing Sexuality in US-Icelandic Military Relations / Valur Ingimundarson, University of Iceland -- Queer(ing) Subversives in Cold War Canada / Patrizia Gentile, Carleton University (Canada) -- "Nonreligious Activities" : Sex, Anticommunism, and Progressive Christianity in Late Cold War Brazil / Benjamin A. Cowan, George Mason University -- Manning the Enemy : US Perspectives on International Birthrates during the Cold War / Kathleen A. Tobin, Purdue University Calumet -- Part II: Femininities -- Indian Peasant Women's Activism in a Hot Cold War / Elisabeth Armstrong, Smith College -- The Medicalization of Childhood in Mexico during the Early Cold War, 1945-1960 / Nichole Sanders, Lynchburg College -- Africa's Kitchen Debate : Ghanaian Domestic Space in the Age of Cold War / Jeffrey S. Ahlman, Smith College -- Mobilizing Women? : State Feminisms in Communist Czechoslovakia and Socialist Egypt / May Hawas, University of Alexandria (Egypt), and Philip E. Muehlenbeck, George Washington University -- A Vietnamese Woman Directs the War Story : Duc Hoan, 1937-2003 / Karen Turner, College of the Holy Cross -- Global Feminism and Cold War Paradigms : Women's International NGOs and the United Nations, 1970-1985 / Karen Garner, SUNY Empire State College -- Part III: Masculinities -- "Men of the World" or "Uniformed Boys"? : Hegemonic Masculinity and the British Army in the Era of the Korean War / Grace Huxford, University of Warwick (UK) -- Yuri Gagarin and Celebrity Masculinity in Soviet Culture / Erica L. Fraser, Carleton University (Canada).
Scope and content "Examines how sexuality, femininities, and masculinities impacted both the domestic and foreign policies of states other than the United States during the Cold War"-- Provided by publisher.
Scope and content " As Marko Dumančić writes in his introduction to Gender, Sexuality, and the Cold War, 'Despite the centrality of gender and sexuality in human relations, their scholarly study has played a secondary role in the history of the Cold War. It is not an exaggeration to say that few were left unaffected by Cold War gender politics; even those who were in charge of producing, disseminating, and enforcing cultural norms were called on to live by the gender and sexuality models into which they breathed life.' This underscores the importance of this volume, as here scholars tackle issues ranging from depictions of masculinity during the all-consuming space race, to the vibrant activism of Indian peasant women during this period, to the policing of sexuality inside the militaries of the world. Gender, Sexuality, and the Cold War brings together a diverse group of scholars whose combined research spans fifteen countries across five continents, claiming a place as the first volume to examine how issues of gender and sexuality impacted both the domestic and foreign policies of states, far beyond the borders of the United States, during the tumult of the Cold War. "-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016042790
ISBN9780826521422 (hardback : acid-free paper)
ISBN9780826521439 (paperback : acid-free paper)

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