Can Women Make a Difference? Gendered Heroes and Villains in Wartime

0370428 - SOÚ 2012 RIV eng U - Uspořádání akce
Jurik, N. - Cavender, G. - Křížková, Alena
Can Women Make a Difference? Gendered Heroes and Villains in Wartime.
[Praha, 24.10.2011, (W-WRD 20/4)]
Grant CEP: GA ČR GA403/09/1839
Výzkumný záměr: CEZ:AV0Z70280505
Klíčová slova: gender in organizations * gender and war * media analysis
Kód oboru RIV: AO - Sociologie, demografie

Many studies of women in work organizations ranging from policing to corporations to the military suggest that the presence of women might contribute to more humane work environments. This paper examines media constructions of heroes and villains from the U.S. "war on terrorism" and with special attention to the gendered nature of these portraits.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0204232