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Holland, Shannon L. – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 2006
Through a critical analysis of the public discourse surrounding the capture and rescue of Jessica Lynch, this essay investigates how Lynch's body "comes to matter" in political debates regarding women in combat. This article argues that popular representations of Lynch's natural femaleness rearticulate the seemingly biological distinctions between…
Descriptors: Females, Criticism, Sexual Identity, Gender Issues