Warrior Heroes and Little Green Men: Soldiers, Military Training, and the Construction of Rural Masculinities*

Woodward, Rachel

doi:10.1111/j.1549-0831.2000.tb00048.x

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“…These have included children's stories (Jones 1995), advertisements (Campbell and Kraack 1998), men's movement blockbusters (Bonnett 1996), military training materials and novels (Woodward 1998(Woodward , 2000, films (Bell 1997(Bell , 2000 and contemporary government policy (Anahita and Mix 2006). Despite their disparate data sources the studies all note a constant interplay between discourses of masculinity and discourses of rurality.…”

Section: R E T R a C T E Dmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Woodward (1998Woodward ( , 2000 explains that it does not matter that most British military operations are far removed from the uplands and heathlands that feature so prominently in textual representations of the military, for these rural images powerfully convey a masculinity of independence, strength and adventure. Bell (2000) reads a similar conflation between 'the natural' rural environment and 'masculinity' in texts he examines, such as the literature on the mythopoeic men's movement and film representations of gay men.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Retracted: Masculinities in the Rural and the Agricultural: A Literature Review

Coldwell

2009

Sociologia Ruralis

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This article provides a summary of social science studies at the nexus of masculinity and the rural, particularly the agricultural. These studies began to emerge in the rural social science literature in 1995, when Berit Brandth pioneered the study of masculinities and farming practices in Norway. The studies reviewed here are particularly important as they begin to focus on men and masculinities in the rural and the agricultural, categories that previously had been the assumed, yet invisible subject of rural studies. The studies also link masculinity to farming practices in a number of ways that clearly have implications for the future of farming in terms of ecological crises across social, economic and environmental rural landscapes. The aim of this article is twofold; to gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between masculine identities and farming practices and to identify possible theoretical pathways for future research that might assist us to identify and develop more sustainable ways of farming and rural life. S tudies have shown agriculture in Australia and other western nations to be a masculine domain of social practice where men see themselves as the farmers and the name 'farmer' is analogous to the identities and practices of men. In the context of current social, economic and environmental concerns that are perceived to threaten the sustainability of agriculture and many of its rural communities, it therefore seems likely that much of what has taken place historically in the practices of agriculture has a lot to do with men and therefore with masculinity. It follows that the future sustainability of agriculture will also have a lot to do with men and therefore with masculinity. Here, a review of the literature is used as a starting point in attempting to understand current knowledge about the relationships between masculinity and the rural, particularly the agricultural. Such an understanding is able to inform further necessary work in documenting the emerging story of agriculture and its farmers in the context of sustainability.Most current knowledge about masculinity in the rural and the agricultural emerged in discourse analysis from studies organised around the concept of gender as social practice within a framework informed by hegemonic masculinity theory (Campbell et al. 2006). The concept and theory have been used widely in

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Retracted: Masculinities in the Rural and the Agricultural: A Literature Review

Coldwell

2009

Sociologia Ruralis

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“…I wouldn't want to be in the army or anything like that at all. Indeed, the sedentary nature of the hobby ill-equips its participants for the harsh brutalities of campaigning (Sabin, 2002) and the embodied form of outdoor masculinity required by the military (Woodward, 2000). It is not therefore a direct recruitment route to the military.…”

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Miniaturisation and the representation of military geographies in recreational wargaming

Yarwood

2015

Social & Cultural Geography

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Miniaturisation affects space in many ways: projecting it, transforming it and co-producing it with those who make and gaze upon models. This paper draws on Stewart's work On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection (Durham: Duke University Press, 1993) to demonstrate how concepts of miniaturisation have the ability to contribute to geographical study. The empirical focus for the paper is a study of scale models deployed in the hobby of miniature or figure wargames in which players fight battles on the table top using model terrain and miniature figures. In this paper, I use examples of scaled terrain and figures to explore the process of miniaturisation and how this represents and transforms space. In doing so, the paper contributes to understanding the ways in which military geographies are represented through the media of models and performances of playing with them.

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“…Even though there is a distinction between liberation combatants and professional soldiers (in terms of discipline and command), the men presented here have all received formal military training in post-colonial Africa: in the South African National Defence Force and Zimbabwe National Army. There is no doubt that transforming a civilian into a soldier involves inculcating a new identity, which is that of a masculine 'warrior-hero' (Woodward, 2000). Even female combatants acquire a masculinised personality (Sasson-Levy, 2002).…”

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Militarised Minds: The Lives of Ex-combatants in South Africa

Maringira

2014

Sociology

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This article focuses on how ex-combatants in South Africa remain militarised. Identities which were forged through resistance continue to be reproduced in different ways in post-conflict society. Military identity is a source of status and recognition in the everyday lives of excombatants, either as 'defenders of the community' or for individual gain. While some may argue that there is no such thing as military identity, the group of ex-combatants interviewed remained attached to such an identity and saw themselves as having a particular role in their communities. While studies, particularly in Africa, present ex-combatants as if they can be easily transformed into civilian life, this article considers the difficulties of such a process. The argument is that it is a complex matter to demilitarise ex-combatants' minds in a highly unequal and militarised community. Sixteen life history interviews were collected, 11 with APLA ex-combatants and five with Zimbabwean army deserters.

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Warrior Heroes and Little Green Men: Soldiers, Military Training, and the Construction of Rural Masculinities*

Cited by 131 publications

References 17 publications

Retracted: Masculinities in the Rural and the Agricultural: A Literature Review

Retracted: Masculinities in the Rural and the Agricultural: A Literature Review

Miniaturisation and the representation of military geographies in recreational wargaming

Militarised Minds: The Lives of Ex-combatants in South Africa

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