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Professor Marso publishes book on gender in the Bush administration
Aria Walfrand
Issue date: 9/27/07 Section: News
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Professor Lori Marso, of the Women's and Gender Studies Program here at Union, recently had a book published dealing with gender issues in the Bush administration.
The book, entitled "W Stands for Women: How the Bush Presidency Shaped a New Politics of Gender," is a collection of essays written by different scholars all over the country.
Marso wrote one of the essays, as well as co-authored the introduction, with co-editor Michaele Ferguson, who is a professor at University of Colorado at Boulder.
The two parts of the book's title have significance, according to Marso.
"The first part of the title refers to the 2004 Bush-Cheney campaign slogan "W Stands for Women. Under this slogan, the campaign organized a series of events that targeted women voters and "security moms" in particular…The second part of the title, "How the Bush Presidency Shaped a New Politics of Gender," refers to the fact that the Bush presidency has used feminist rhetoric, saying that they have a strong commitment to women's rights, to actually bolster a conservative and patriarchal vision of the family alongside a very masculine and protective security state that 'feminizes' its citizens and strips our rights," Marso explained.
While the essays are about all different kinds of gender issues in the Bush Administration, Marso's particular essay deals with women in Iraq and Afghanistan and how "women's rights organizations in these two countries have responded to Bush's wars in their countries.
Other essays in the book focus on topics such as women and AIDS/HIV in Africa and how Bush's "compassionate conservativism" affects them, neo-liberal policies of globalization, Christian Right's focus on heterosexuality and patriarchy and the family, and violations at Abu Ghraib.
Another essay, which deals with issues of masculinity in the Bush Administration--such as the images of the patriotic soldier versus the suicide bomber--was written by another Union professor, Andrew Feffer of the History Department.
The book, entitled "W Stands for Women: How the Bush Presidency Shaped a New Politics of Gender," is a collection of essays written by different scholars all over the country.
Marso wrote one of the essays, as well as co-authored the introduction, with co-editor Michaele Ferguson, who is a professor at University of Colorado at Boulder.
The two parts of the book's title have significance, according to Marso.
"The first part of the title refers to the 2004 Bush-Cheney campaign slogan "W Stands for Women. Under this slogan, the campaign organized a series of events that targeted women voters and "security moms" in particular…The second part of the title, "How the Bush Presidency Shaped a New Politics of Gender," refers to the fact that the Bush presidency has used feminist rhetoric, saying that they have a strong commitment to women's rights, to actually bolster a conservative and patriarchal vision of the family alongside a very masculine and protective security state that 'feminizes' its citizens and strips our rights," Marso explained.
While the essays are about all different kinds of gender issues in the Bush Administration, Marso's particular essay deals with women in Iraq and Afghanistan and how "women's rights organizations in these two countries have responded to Bush's wars in their countries.
Other essays in the book focus on topics such as women and AIDS/HIV in Africa and how Bush's "compassionate conservativism" affects them, neo-liberal policies of globalization, Christian Right's focus on heterosexuality and patriarchy and the family, and violations at Abu Ghraib.
Another essay, which deals with issues of masculinity in the Bush Administration--such as the images of the patriotic soldier versus the suicide bomber--was written by another Union professor, Andrew Feffer of the History Department.
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