Engendering the Gulf War
Israeli Nurses and the Discourse of Soldiering
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2366480 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Meira Wei, Meira Weiss (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 197-218 |
| Publication date | 1998-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-2416 • E-ISSN: 1552-5414 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/089124198027002002 |
| OpenAlex | W2132001942 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 31 |
The universalized, gendered myth of war is that of men in arms and women at home. The Israeli experience of the Gulf War spelled an opposite situation in which fighters were not called for active military duties and the home became "the front." This reversal was especially blatant in the case of Israeli nurses stationed in the hospital. This article analyzes the rhetorics of war among these nurses, describing how it changed from panic and uncertainty, through a discourse of soldiering, to frustration. This transformation is interpreted within a dual framework, as a professional gender struggle embedded in a national script of militarism
Criminology · Economic history · Front (military · Geography · Gulf war · Home front · Militarism · Mythology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Global Security and Public Health · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law
Behind the lines
Medical power and social knowledge
The Masada myth
Gender at Work
The People of the Book
Images of Issues
The Persian Gulf TV War
Moral Panics
A Portrait of the Israeli Soldier
Women in Combat
War and the Media
Masking the mask
Reflections on the gulf war
Complaints and disorders
Medical men and their work
Triumph of the image
Front and Rear
Some Social Implications of Military Service and the Reserves System in Israel
The Rites of Passage
The Ritual Process
Masks and Soldiering
Women, Religion, and Modernization
On Key Symbols1
Women's Military Roles Cross-Nationally
Female Nurses in American Wars
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2014 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |