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Sexing The Soldier Takes A Critical Look At How Gender Is Understood Within The Contemporary British Army. Drawing On Original Research, This Book Argues That Dominant Ideas About Gender, Evident In Areas As Diverse As Policy Documents And Cultural Pract. Gender And The British Army: Military, Civilian And Conceptual Issues -- Patterns And Histories Of Gender In The British Army -- British Army Personnel Policies And The Politics Of Female Difference -- Masculinities And The British Army -- Gender And The Soldier In The British Media And Popular Culture -- The Politics Of Gender And The Contemporary British Army. Rachel Woodward And Trish Winter. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [107]-133) And Index.