Breaking the Binaries in Security Studies: A Gendered Analysis of Women in Combat

by Ayelet Harel-Shalev and Shir Daphna-Tekoah

Several months after a 2014 operation in the Gaza Strip, fifty-three Israeli Defense Forces combatants and combat-support soldiers were awarded military decorations for exhibiting extraordinary bravery. From a gendered perspective, the most noteworthy aspect of these awards was not the fact that only 4 of the 53 recipients were women, but rather the fact that the men were uniformly praised for being "brave," being "heroes," "actively performing acts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019007258X
• ISBN13: 9780190072582
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"