John Armitage on 26 Oct 2000 07:54:26 -0000 |
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[Nettime-bold] THE MILITARIZED BODY & SOCIETY |
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 _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold