(En)Gendering the War on Terror
War Stories and Camouflaged Politics

Examines the official war stories told to the international community about why and against whom the war on terror was waged. This book is intended for students, scholars and practitioners in the areas of international relations, women's studies and cultural studies.

Many years after the war on terror began, there is a growing body of literature examining the development, motivation, and effects of this US-led aggression. Virtually absent from these accounts is an examination of the central role that gender, race, class, and sexuality play in the war on terror. This lack of attention reflects a continued resistance by analysts to acknowledge and engage identity-related social issues as central elements within global politics. As this conflict grows, spreads and deepens, it is more important than ever to examine how diverse international actors are using the war on terror as an opportunity to reinforce existing gendered, raced, classed, and sexualized inter/national relations. This book examines the official war stories being told to the international community about why and against whom the war on terror is being waged. The book is intended for students, scholars and practitioners in the areas of international relations, women's studies and cultural studies.

Foreword, Cynthia Enloe
Preface, Pauline Gardiner Barber
Introduction: (en)gendered war stories and camouflaged politics, Krista Hunt and Kim Rygiel
A War for/on Women's Rights
Post-9/11 Rescue Narratives
Between orientalism and fundamentalism
Muslim women and feminist resistance, Jasmin Zine
'Embedded Feminism' and the war on terror, Krista Hunt
Benevolent invaders, heroic victims and depraved villains: white femininity in media coverage of the invasion of Iraq, Melisa Brittain
Rescue in the age of Empire: children, masculinity, and the war on terror, Catherine V. Scott
A War on/of Terror: The Politics Of Control: White nationalism, illegality and imperialism: border controls as ideology, Nandita Sharma
Protecting and proving identity: the biopolitics of waging war through citizenship in the post-9/11 Era, Kim Rygiel
The headscarf debate: Muslim women in Europe and the 'War on Terror', Jane Freedman
Is 'W' for women?, Zillah Eisenstein
Bibliography
Index.