One of the guys : women as aggressors and torturers /
Imprint: | Emeryville, CA : Seal Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2007. |
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Description: | 266 p. ; 23 cm. |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Iraq War (2003-2011) War on Terrorism (2001-2009) Violence in women. Women soldiers. Women and war. Torture. Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Participation, Female. Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Prisoners and prisons, American. War on Terrorism, 2001-2009- -- Participation, Female. Military interrogation -- United States. Prisoners of war -- Abuse of. Armed Forces -- Women. Military interrogation. Military participation -- Female. Prisoners of war -- Abuse of. Torture. Violence in women. Women and war. Women soldiers. United States -- Armed Forces -- Women. Iraq. United States. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6269951 |
Summary: | Debate about women and torture has, until recently, focused on women as victims of violence. But when photographs were released from the Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal, one featured Lynndie England holding a prisoner by a dog leash. Overnight, she became a symbol of women's capacity to inflict pain and suffering, and soon, many in America were questioning why the infliction of violence has always been seen as inherently male. One of the Guys deals specifically with this issue. |
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Physical Description: | 266 p. ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-259). |
ISBN: | 9781580051965 (alk. paper) 1580051960 (alk. paper) |