Women Soldiers and Citizenship in Israel: Gendered Encounters with the State

by Orna Sasson-Levy and Edna Lomsky-Feder

Book Overview

Women's military service in Israel presents a compelling case study to explore the meaning of gendered citizenship. Lomsky-Feder and Sasson-Levy compellingly argue that women's mandatory military service during an active ongoing violent conflict, occurring at a formative age, becomes an initiation process into gendered citizenship, where the women learn their marginal place in relation to the state. By analyzing the life stories and testimonies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367264773
• ISBN13: 9780367264772
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"