Article(electronic)December 2011
Combat cuties: photographs of Israeli women soldiers in the press since the 2006 Lebanon War
In: Media, war & conflict, Volume 4, Issue 3, p. 269-286
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Abstract
For the first time since 1948, Israeli women soldiers took part in combat in Lebanon in the summer of 2006 and excelled in their jobs. However, images of women soldiers published in the press, during and after the war, objectify the soldiers in ways that belittle their violent agency. The images tend to sexualize the women soldiers as well as their militarized skill and gear.
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