the maternalized body in US foreign policy Managhan, Tina. creator text bibliography enk Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon New York Routledge 2012 monographic eng

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vii, 175 p. ; 24 cm. Introduction: reading international relations through bodies, reading the maternal body as political event -- The vicissitudes of life: women's complex entanglement with peace and war -- Shifting the gaze from hysterical mothers to deadly dads: spectacle and the antinuclear movement -- Mothers, biopolitics and the Gulf War -- Grieving dead soldiers, disavowing loss: Cindy Sheehan and the im/possibility of the American antiwar movement -- Conclusion: the maternal body as alibi: understanding the centrality of the maternal body to sovereign representation. Tina Managhan. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Women and peace United States History Women and war United States History United States Foreign relations 20th century United States Foreign relations 21st century JZ1480 .M3257 2012 327.73001 9780415781954 (hbk.) 0415781957 (hbk.) 9780203126189 (ebook) 0203126181 (ebook) 2011036036 DLC 110831 20170105102851.0 16941731 eng