Women Fighters and the 'Beautiful Soul' Narrative

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Abstract

This article explores women's presence in military forces around the world, looking both at women's service as soldiers and at the gendered dimensions of their soldiering particularly, and soldiering generally. It uses the ‘beautiful soul’ narrative to describe women's relationship with war throughout its history, and explores how this image of women's innocence of and abstention from war has often contrasted with women's actual experiences as soldiers and fighters.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)53-68
Number of pages16
JournalInternational Review of the Red Cross
Volume92
Issue number877
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Apr 2010

Keywords

  • female soldiers
  • military
  • miliarism
  • protection racket
  • gender
  • security
  • international relations
  • feminist IR

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