<nettime> THE MILITARIZED BODY & SOCIETY

[John Armitage <john.armitage@unn.ac.uk>]

Hi folks

As some of you already know, I am currently editing a special issue of the
Sage journal _Body & Society_ on the theme of 'The Militarized Body &
Society'.

However, and although the issue is progressing well, I am having some
difficulty locating contributors who might wish to address this theme from
either or both the following perspectives:

*Feminism

*Queer Theory

Here are a few examples of the sorts of themes I am looking for:

G.I. Joe dolls; G.I. Jane and Private Benjamin movies; boys, toys, guns,
and other military play-related paraphernalia such as the camouflage
outfits for sale to toddlers in Mothercare; gay/lesbian military bodies;
why is the militarized body principally white, straight, and male? 'Don't
ask, don't tell' policy in the US armed forces; sexism etc.

If any members of nettime are interested in submitting a paper then please
let me know -- off list -- contacts below. Alternatively, if members know
of someone who might be interested but who is not a member of the nettime
list then please feel free to forward this message on to them.

best wishes

John Armitage
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"The military is the message."
John Armitage
Principal Lecturer in Politics & Media Studies
Division of Government & Politics
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8ST
UK
Tel: 0191 227 4971
Fax: 0191 227 4654
E-mail (w): john.armitage@unn.ac.uk;
(h): j.armitage@technologica.demon.co.uk
Read: Paul Virilio: From Modernism To Hypermodernism and Beyond
http://www.sagepub.co.uk/shopping/Detail.asp?id=6977



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