Bring Me Men: Military Masculinity and the Benign Façade of American Empire

July 20, 2012

Aaron Belkin — Gay Marines, but No Gay Scouts

“Gay troops can fight for the country and be maimed or killed, but they can’t be scouts?”—Aaron Belkin In a recent contribution to the New York Times‘s Room for Debate, Aaron Belkin, author of Bring Me Men: Military Masculinity and...

July 19, 2012

Aaron Belkin on Sexual Violence in the U.S. Military

“Respect for the troops is important. But when respect turns into uncritical idealization, that can easily slip into a mode of thinking in which people assume that what’s good for the military is good for America.”—Aaron Belkin In a recent...

July 18, 2012

Aaron Belkin – “This Is Not Who We Are”: Contradictory Expectations in the US Military

“American warrior identities are contradictory, in that service members are expected to be civilized and barbaric, dominant and subordinate, rapist and rape victim. They are told to be paragons of virtue, and we express shock when they misbehave.” — Aaron...

July 17, 2012

Aaron Belkin on Military Masculinity

“Americans have been encouraged to understand military masculinity as an archetypal expression of democracy. But there is something profoundly undemocratic about military masculinity and the way in which public adulation of it is premised on a disavowal of its blemishes.”—Aaron...

June 26, 2012

New Book Tuesday: Military Masculinity in America and the Aesthetics of American Literature

Our weekly list of new titles now available: Bring Me Men: Military Masculinity and the Benign Façade of American Empire, 1898-2001 Aaron Belkin American Literature’s Aesthetic Dimensions Edited by Cindy Weinstein and Christopher Looby Dekalog 5: On Dogville Edited by...

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Tag: Bring Me Men: Military Masculinity and the Benign Façade of American Empire

Aaron Belkin — Gay Marines, but No Gay Scouts

Aaron Belkin on Sexual Violence in the U.S. Military

Aaron Belkin – “This Is Not Who We Are”: Contradictory Expectations in the US Military

Aaron Belkin on Military Masculinity

New Book Tuesday: Military Masculinity in America and the Aesthetics of American Literature