Abstract
Supplementing the insights of Georgio Agamben with feminist research contributions, this article develops a biopolitical reading of the debate surrounding the “feminization” of the U.S. military. We argue that an examination of the role gender plays in myths of sacrifice reveals that the military is already fully “feminized.” Critical engagement with the scripting of Jessica Lynch re-introduces the political to the question of military sacrifice by rendering its impossibility conspicuous.
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