Lecture Outlines

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NB: Lecture Capture recordings can be found on Moodle as soon as each lecture has ended.

Part I: Heteronormativity and the US military

1) Why sex matters in the US militaryLink opens in a new window

2) The US military and commercial sexLink opens in a new window

3) Domestication: a 'family friendly' army?Link opens in a new window

Part II: Gender, sex and soldiering

4) Gender, sex and service in VietnamLink opens in a new window

5) Recruitment in the All-Volunteer eraLink opens in a new window

6) Reading Week [no lecture]

7) Women in combatLink opens in a new window

Part III: Managing sexuality in the US military

8) Queering the militaryLink opens in a new window

9) Sexual violence: an invisible war?Link opens in a new window

10) Transgender serviceLink opens in a new window

Seminar Topics

Click on the links for full details of seminar topics, discussion questions, required & supplementary readings. Please note that all the scholarly journal articles can be downloaded from the library's online databases. To search for them, use the Library "article search" function with a combination of the author's surname and keyword(s) from the article's title. Alternatively, if you're having trouble, you can use the classic catalogue and search for the title of the journal. If you encounter any problems locating any of the readings, drop me a line.

1) Defining the terms of engagementLink opens in a new window

2) Prostitution, rape and resistance to US militarism in AsiaLink opens in a new window

3) Married in and to the military: 'war brides' and 'army wives'Link opens in a new window

4) Women's work in VietnamLink opens in a new window

5) Assignment writing workshopLink opens in a new window

6) Reading Week [no seminar]

7) The fight over fighting women in Iraq and AfghanistanLink opens in a new window

8) DADT and its repealLink opens in a new window

9) Rape and sexual violence within the US militaryLink opens in a new window

10) Conclusion: an all-inclusive army?Link opens in a new window