American Historical Association (AH) Conference (Web)
Time:January 6-9 2011
Place: Boston
Source: H-WOMEN@H-NET.MSU.EDU
Call for Panels
- CFPanelist: Masculinity and the military, DL: –
- CFPanelists: Women and Violence, DL: –
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CFPanelist: Masculinity and the military, AHA 2011 Boston
Hi, we are putting together a panel for the AHA 2011 in Boston and looking for a third panelist. The panel is called „Claiming Masculinity, Questioning Gender: Integrating (in) the Military.“ It seeks to examine the diverse ways that the military, viewed by many as a sacred institution, became a site where individuals and group broaden understandings about citizenship, gender and masculine obligations, and normality in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. In particular, the papers examine the various ways that military integration and attempts to make a more inclusive Armed Forces challenged old definitions and stereotypes concerning gender, masculinity, race, and sexuality. Continue reading