Author : April Cobos
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 166695103X
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Women of Explosive Ordnance Disposal by : April Cobos
Download or read book The Women of Explosive Ordnance Disposal written by April Cobos and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-05-29 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Women of Explosive Ordnance Disposal: Cyborg, Techno-Bodies, Situated Knowledge, and Vibrant Materiality in Military Cultures addresses the disparities between policy discourse and the lived experiences of women in the Explosive Ordnance Disposal community who these policies seek to regulate through a rhetorical framework. During the Global War on Terrorism, the changing contexts of war brought the community to the forefront of combat preceding the 2016 policy repeal restricting women’s service in combat, which positioned these women at a poignant moment in history. Their positioning also sheds light on the challenges twenty-first century scholars face in analyzing shifting gender roles in the workplace with policies advocating for gender equality, which often buries continued gendered ideologies and discourse. This book takes a mixed methods approach of qualitative and quantitative data from surveys, available government documents, and other cultural artifacts to create a more triangulated analysis. While this book is rooted in rhetorical analysis, its dynamic nature demands using an interdisciplinary approach that pulls from discourse analysis, political, historical, and military scholarship, and other humanities-based feminist scholarship.