@article{ref1,
title="Military masculinity and the act of killing in Hamlet and Afghanistan",
journal="Men and masculinities",
year="2019",
author="Partis-Jennings, Hannah",
volume="22",
number="2",
pages="254-272",
abstract="This article looks at a 2011 incident which led to a soldier (Marine A) being convicted of murdering an Afghan insurgent. It focuses on the words (quoting from Hamlet) spoken by the Marine as he carried out the killing: &quot;shuffle off this mortal coil, you cunt&quot; and examines the link that these words establish between the war in Afghanistan and Shakespeare's play. The article explores the connections between Hamlet and Marine A and how their actions can be understood to both parallel each other and diverge around ethical contemplation; access to military masculinity; the banishing of the feminine; and a process of mediation, performance, and interpretation.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1097-184X",
doi="10.1177/1097184X17718585",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1097184X17718585"
}