Making War on Bodies: Militarisation, Aesthetics and Embodiment in International Politics

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Combines perspectives on aesthetics and embodiment to understand militarism in international politicsIllustrates how processes of militarisation operate in the continuum between military institutions and everyday civilian lifeCase studies cover 20th- and 21st-century conflicts on four different continents: from the Middle East and post-socialist Europe to the USA, Britain, Australia and Cuba Offers diverse methodological examples including autoethnography, visual analysis, fashion history, and digital media researchIntegrates social identities including race, sexual orientation, gender identity and disabilityThis vibrant collection of essays reveals the intimate politics of how people with a wide range of relationships to war identify with, and against, the military and its gendered and racialised norms. It synthesises three recent turns in the study of international politics: aesthetics, embodiment and the everyday, into a new conceptual framework. This helps us to understand how militarism permeates society and how far its practices can be re-appropriated or even turned against it. ContributorsCatherine Baker, University of Hull, UK.Federica Caso, University of Queensland, Australia. Dan Evans, independent researcher, support worker and activist. Sorana Jude, Newcastle University, UK. Jennifer G. Mathers, Aberystwyth University, UK.Daniel Møller Ølgaard, Lund University, Sweden.Henri Myrttinen, Mauerpark Institute, GermanyAmy Abugo Ongiri, Lawrence University, USA. Jane Tynan, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK.