词条 | Carol Cohn |
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CareerCohn's career includes a stance described as feminist anti-militarism. Cohn edited a well-received 2013 collection of essays on the topic of women and war[3][6] in which it is argued that the topic of war cannot be understood without understanding gender dynamics.[4] In her 1987 article, "Sex and Death in the Rational World of Defense Intellectuals,"[7] Cohn discussed the language and imagery used in defense professionals discourse with a concentrated focus on the sexual subtext used and the extensive use of abstract language and euphemisms.[8] Terms such as "collateral damage" replacing "loss of life" and "RV's" in place of "nuclear bombs" are argued to demonstrate the abstract language used by defense intellectuals. Cohn argues that sexualized language including terms such as vertical "erector launchers", "thrust to weight ratios", "soft lay downs", "deep penetration", and "orgasmic whumps" are common place in nuclear weaponry and strategy conversations. Cohn links the domesticated and humanized language and imagery as a way for defense professionals to distance themselves from the reality and anxiety of war. Additionally, the 'technostrategic' language that is used is a way to restrict debate solely to defense intellectuals and professionals who are versed in the language. It is argued that this effectively dismisses and silences voices from outside the military and nuclear sphere. Cohn suggests that the reference point of the language revolves around the weapons themselves, thus, because the language is designed to talk about weapons there is no way that concerns of human life or society can be legitimately expressed. If it is not part of the language these values or concerns are effectively dismissed or deemed illegitimate. This piece demonstrates how important language is and how it can be gendered. It brings up questions about language relating to whom it allows communications with and what it allows one to think as well as say. Publications
References1. ^1 {{cite web|title=Who we are: staff|url=http://genderandsecurity.org/who-we-are/staff/carol-cohn|publisher=Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights|accessdate=20 June 2014}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Cohn, Carol}}2. ^{{cite web|title=Staff Directory|url=http://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/carol_cohn|website=University of Massachusetts, Boston|accessdate=20 June 2014}} 3. ^1 {{cite journal|last1=Sylvester|first1=Christine|title=Book Review: Women and Wars, edited by Carol Cohn|journal=The LSE Review of Books|date=8 April 2013|url=http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2013/04/08/book-review-women-and-wars-carol-cohn/|accessdate=20 June 2014}} 4. ^1 {{cite journal|last1=Shepherd|first1=Laura J.|title=Women and Wars: Contested Histories, Uncertain Futures - Carol Cohn (ed.) Book Review|journal=Gender and Development|date=2013|volume=21|issue=2|url=http://www.genderanddevelopment.org/page/women-wars-review|accessdate=20 June 2014}} 5. ^Cohn, C. (2013). Women and wars. Cambridge: Polity Press. 6. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Owen|first1=Jean|title=Book Review: Women and Wars, ed. Carol Cohn|url=http://fwsablog.org.uk/2013/05/27/book-review-women-and-wars-ed-carol-cohn/|accessdate=20 June 2014|publisher=The Feminist and Women’s Studies Association (UK & Ireland)|date=27 May 2013}} 7. ^{{cite journal|last1=Cohn|first1=Carol|title=Sex and Death in the Rational World of Defense Intellectuals . (Summer, 1987), pp. 687-718.|journal=Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society|volume=12|issue=4|pages=687–718|url=http://www.ic.ucsc.edu/~rlipsch/pol179/Cohn.pdf|accessdate=20 June 2014|doi=10.1086/494362}} 8. ^{{cite web|last1=Weems|first1=Charlie|title=Carol Cohn: Sex and Death in the Rational World of Defense Intellectuals|url=http://passiveprogressive.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/carol-cohn-sex-and-death-in-the-rational-world-of-defense-intellectuals/|website=Passive Progressive 22 February 2011|accessdate=20 June 2014}} 5 : Gender studies academics|Feminist studies scholars|Year of birth missing (living people)|Living people|University of Massachusetts Boston faculty |
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