Dissertation Research: The Evolving Gender Roles of Military Spouses, Effects of a Changing Society

9816117 McKinnon/ Harrell该项目支持弗吉尼亚大学人类学学生的论文研究，研究美国社会性别和婚姻角色变化所带来的美国军队文化的变化。 学生将学习军队如何应对旧制度的变化，旧制度要求军官结婚，军官的妻子提供至关重要但无偿的服务，以促进丈夫的职业生涯，而士兵则要求未婚。 在现代军队中，军官和士兵不再都是男性;军官的妻子可能倾向于追求自己的事业，不太愿意为军队提供志愿服务，许多士兵都结婚了。 使用人类学的参与观察，结构化的长访谈和正式的生活史访谈，在两个陆军基地集中在每个基地的一个营的技术，学生将研究的挑战和个人以及机构的反应不断变化的性别和阶级角色。 这项研究很重要，因为它将促进我们对军队如何应对社会变革的理解。 此外，它还将帮助培养一名年轻的社会科学家。

9816117McKinnon / Harrell This project supports the dissertation research of an anthropology student from the University of Virginia, studying the change in the culture of the US military brought about by changes in gender and marital roles in US society. The student will study how the military is reacting to changes from the old system where officers were expected to be married and officers' wives were expected to provide vitally important but unpaid services to advance their husband's career, while enlisted men were expected to be unmarried. In the contemporary military, officers and enlisted personnel are no longer all male; officers' wives may tend to pursue their own careers and be less willing to perform volunteer services for the military, and many enlisted personnel are married. Using anthropological techniques of participant observation, structured long interviews and formal life history interviews, at two army bases focusing on one battalion at each base, the student will examine the challenge and the personal as well as institutional response to changing gender and class roles. This research is important because it will advance our understanding of how the military is coping with social change. In addition it will help train a young social scientist.