Bibliothèque Université Don Bosco de Lubumbashi
Accueil
Détail de l'auteur
Auteur Maria Stern |
Documents disponibles écrits par cet auteur (1)
Affiner la recherche Interroger des sources externes
Whores, men, and other misfits / Maria Eriksson Baaz in African Affairs, Vol. 110/441 (october 2011)
[article]
Titre : Whores, men, and other misfits : Undoing ‘feminization’ in the armed forces in the DRC Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Maria Eriksson Baaz, Auteur ; Maria Stern, Auteur Année de publication : 2011 Article en page(s) : pp. 563-585. Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : The global attention focused on sexual violence in the DRC has not only contributed to an image of the Congolese army as a vestige of pre-modern barbarism, populated by rapists, and bearing no resemblance to the world of modern armies; it has also shaped gender and defence reform initiatives. These initiatives have become synonymous with combating sexual violence, reflecting an assumption that the gendered dynamics of the army are already known. Crucial questions such as the ‘feminization’ of the armed forces are consequently neglected. Based on in-depth interviews with soldiers in the Congolese armed forces, this article analyses the discursive strategies male soldiers employ in relation to the feminization of the army. In the light of the need to reform the military and military masculinities, the article discusses how globalized discourses and practices render the Congolese military a highly globalized sphere. It also highlights the particular and local ways in which military identities are produced through gender, and concludes that a simple inclusion of women in the armed forces in order to render men less violent might not have the pacifying effect intended.
in African Affairs > Vol. 110/441 (october 2011) . - pp. 563-585.[article] Whores, men, and other misfits : Undoing ‘feminization’ in the armed forces in the DRC [texte imprimé] / Maria Eriksson Baaz, Auteur ; Maria Stern, Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 563-585.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in African Affairs > Vol. 110/441 (october 2011) . - pp. 563-585.
Résumé : The global attention focused on sexual violence in the DRC has not only contributed to an image of the Congolese army as a vestige of pre-modern barbarism, populated by rapists, and bearing no resemblance to the world of modern armies; it has also shaped gender and defence reform initiatives. These initiatives have become synonymous with combating sexual violence, reflecting an assumption that the gendered dynamics of the army are already known. Crucial questions such as the ‘feminization’ of the armed forces are consequently neglected. Based on in-depth interviews with soldiers in the Congolese armed forces, this article analyses the discursive strategies male soldiers employ in relation to the feminization of the army. In the light of the need to reform the military and military masculinities, the article discusses how globalized discourses and practices render the Congolese military a highly globalized sphere. It also highlights the particular and local ways in which military identities are produced through gender, and concludes that a simple inclusion of women in the armed forces in order to render men less violent might not have the pacifying effect intended.