Lifetime for Women on War: Representations of Gender and Race on Army Wives

• In Event: Women, War, Nation and Race

Abstract

This paper examines how war is used to perpetuate hegemonic notions regarding gender and race. Through a historical examination of war’s impact on race and gender, we see how identity is negotiated within a military climate. Specifically, this analysis focuses on the Lifetime Television Network program Army Wives and seeks to inform the question: How is war used by popular culture to organize, police and discipline race and gender?

Author

• Manda Violet Hicks, Bowling Green State University