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Laurie Penny, Meat Market: Female Flesh Under Capitalism

Zero, 2011; 79pp; £6.99

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Pit props

Armpits 4 August ...

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Cynthia Cockburn, Anti-militarism: Political and Gender Dynamics of Peace Movements

Pluto Press, 2012; 320pp; £19.99

 

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Remaining at the edge

At a recent seminar on peace building in Africa, the question of why gender and not women was raised. What is the difference? ...

Sex and the peacekeeping soldier: the new UN resolution

The 31 October 2000 was more than just a Halloween celebration for thousands of women watching the UN Security Council on that day. ...

Mixing it

David ...

Changing the soldier or changing the military? The case of the Dutch armed forces

During the last ten years, the Dutch Armed Forces have seen dramatic change, of two kinds. First, instead of an army of conscripts, it has become a professional army. ...

Claire Denis (dir), 'Beau Travail'

Artificial Eye Film Co, France 1998, UK video release 2000. Running time 90 mins [French with English subtitles].

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Cynthia Enloe, 'Maneuvers. The International Politics of Militarising Women's Lives'

University of California Press, 2000. 418 pp

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Cynthia Cockburn, 'The Space Between Us. Negotiating Gender and National Identities in Conflict'

Zed Books, 1998, 247 pp. £14.95/$25.00 (paper)

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