"Ilene Rose Feinman shows us how feminist theorizing grows out of feminist activist engagement; and then is tested through direct action and refined. The questions she raises hereabout the meanings and practices of citizenship and the impacts of soldiering on democratic lifeare urgent as we move into a new century."
Cynthia Enloe,author of Maneuvers: The International Politics of Militarizing Women's Lives "It is pure polemic. Those already converted will be inspired."
Gerard J. DeGroot
The Journal of American History
"Disputes about who should or should not be permitted to serve in the military have almost always centered on the perceived impact of a given group on military effectiveness. Feinman takes a fresh approach to the subject of women and the military by placing citizenship, rather than war, at the center of her analysis. In a volume that addresses a complicated set of issues with great clarity and respect, Citizenship Rites asks what the relationship is between citizenship and soldiering, and between soldiering and feminism. It makes a unique and valuable contribution to a discussion that has been largely absent from the broader rhetoric over issues of gender, peace, and war."
Melissa S. Herbert,author of Camouflage Isn't Only for Combat: Gender, Sexuality, and Women in the Military