Rethinking Masculinities - Heidi Riley

Rethinking Masculinities

Ideology, Identity and Change in the People’s War in Nepal and its Aftermath

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Buch | Hardcover
264 Seiten
2022
Rowman & Littlefield International (Verlag)
978-1-78661-550-3 (ISBN)
105,95 inkl. MwSt
Focused on the case of the People’s Liberation Army in Nepal, this book examines changes in insurgent masculinity during conflict and in the transition to post-conflict.
Masculinity associated with armed groups tends to be built on assumptions of violence and insecurity. This study, however, examines other ways in which the experience of participation in an armed group may impact upon notions of masculinity held by low-level male combatants, both during conflict and in the aftermath. Using the case of Nepal, the research focuses on how men of the People’s Liberation Army experienced and engaged with an ideology espoused by the leadership, that advocated for a more gender equal ideology than existed in traditional Nepali society.

Focusing on masculinity change across four different time frames: pre-conflict, conflict time, the DDR period and post-conflict, the analysis pays close attention to changes in attitudes towards gender specific roles and conduct, and perceptions of gender hierarchies. The study is located within feminist and masculinity literature, and also scholarship on peace and conflict. Whilst providing fresh insights into these literatures it also exposes how masculinity change is not straightforward but influenced by both past and present, which leads to contradiction and continuity in a post-conflict context.

Heidi Riley is Assistant Professor in International Relations in the School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin.

Chapter 1: Masculinity in Peace and Conflict

Chapter 2: Ideology, Identity and Change

Chapter 3: History and Context

Chapter 4: Masculinity in a Time of War

Chapter 5: Splits and Divisions in a Time of Limbo

Chapter 6: Clash of the Revolutionary Masculinity and the Breadwinner Masculinity

Chapter 7: Wartime Masculinity and Change: What Do We Know?

Appendix

Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 160 x 238 mm
Gewicht 594 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
ISBN-10 1-78661-550-9 / 1786615509
ISBN-13 978-1-78661-550-3 / 9781786615503
Zustand Neuware
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