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

9816117 McKinnon/Harrell这个项目支持弗吉尼亚大学人类学专业的一名学生的论文研究，研究美国社会性别和婚姻角色的变化给美国军队文化带来的变化。这名学生将学习军队如何应对旧制度的变化。在旧制度下，军官应该结婚，军官的妻子应该提供至关重要但无偿的服务，以促进他们丈夫的职业生涯，而应征入伍的男性应该未婚。在当代军队中，军官和应征人员不再都是男性；军官的妻子可能倾向于追求自己的事业，不太愿意为军队志愿服务，许多应征人员已婚。利用人类学技术，在两个军事基地，以每个基地的一个营为重点，通过参与者观察、结构化的长访谈和正式的人生史访谈，学生将研究挑战以及个人和机构对性别和班级角色变化的反应。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化的理解。此外，它还将帮助培养一位年轻的社会科学家。

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.