In recent decades, there has been a generational shift of the US
veterans' peace movement, from one grounded mostly in the experiences
of older white men of the Vietnam War era, to one informed by a young,
diverse cohort of post-9/11 veterans. In _Unconventional Combat_,
Michael A. Messner traces this transformation through the life-history
interviews of six veterans of color to show how their experiences of
sexual and gender harassment, sexual assault, racist and homophobic
abuse during their military service has shaped their political views
and action. Drawing upon participant observation with the Veterans For
Peace and About Face organizations and interviews with older male
veterans as his backdrop, Messner shows how veterans' military
experiences form their collective "situated knowledge" of intersecting
oppressions. This knowledge, Messner argues, further shapes their
intersectional praxis, which promises to transform the veterans' peace
movement and potentially link their anti-militarist work with other
movement groups working for change. As intersectionality has
increasingly become central to the conversation on social movements,
_Unconventional Combat_ is not only a story about the US veterans'
peace movement, but it also offers broad relevance to the larger world
of social justice activism.
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Intersectional Action in the Veterans' Peace Movement
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ISBN
9780197573662
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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