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

0370428 - SOÚ 2012 RIV eng U - Conference, Workshop Arrangement
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)]
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA403/09/1839
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z70280505
Keywords : gender in organizations * gender and war * media analysis
Subject RIV: AO - Sociology, Demography

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.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0204232