War Families and the Iraq Wars. / Sjoberg, Laura.
In: Hawwa: Journal of Women in the Middle East and Islamic World, Vol. 16, No. 1-3, 27.11.2018, p. 236-265.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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War Families and the Iraq Wars. / Sjoberg, Laura.
In: Hawwa: Journal of Women in the Middle East and Islamic World, Vol. 16, No. 1-3, 27.11.2018, p. 236-265.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - War Families and the Iraq Wars
AU - Sjoberg, Laura
PY - 2018/11/27
Y1 - 2018/11/27
N2 - In this paper, I argue that it is not just that wars impact people’s lives—it is that people live wars and wars are constituted by people living them. It is appropriate to think of war as happening on battlefields and in bedrooms, in command centers and in kitchens, with fighter planes and with soup cans. Using this interpretation of war as everyday experience, this article looks at Iraqi war families—that is, families constituted by and constitutive of the Iraq war(s). It begins with five vignettes that tell some, by necessity, partial, stories of the complexity of families living the war(s). Drawing from those vignettes and aggregated data, the article explores changing demographic, nutritional, and health dynamics of Iraqi families over the successive years of war and conflict in Iraq. The article concludes with a contextualization of war families, and a look forward for families in Iraq’s near future.
AB - In this paper, I argue that it is not just that wars impact people’s lives—it is that people live wars and wars are constituted by people living them. It is appropriate to think of war as happening on battlefields and in bedrooms, in command centers and in kitchens, with fighter planes and with soup cans. Using this interpretation of war as everyday experience, this article looks at Iraqi war families—that is, families constituted by and constitutive of the Iraq war(s). It begins with five vignettes that tell some, by necessity, partial, stories of the complexity of families living the war(s). Drawing from those vignettes and aggregated data, the article explores changing demographic, nutritional, and health dynamics of Iraqi families over the successive years of war and conflict in Iraq. The article concludes with a contextualization of war families, and a look forward for families in Iraq’s near future.
KW - women
KW - gender
KW - family
KW - war
KW - feminist IR
KW - Iraq
KW - masculinities
KW - femininities
U2 - 10.1163/15692086-12341333
DO - 10.1163/15692086-12341333
M3 - Article
VL - 16
SP - 236
EP - 265
JO - Hawwa: Journal of Women in the Middle East and Islamic World
JF - Hawwa: Journal of Women in the Middle East and Islamic World
SN - 1569-2078
IS - 1-3
ER -