Citizen-soldiers and manly warriors : military service and gender in the civic republican tradition

What happens in a tradition that links citizenship with soldiering when women become citizens?

Citizen Soldiers and Manly Warriors provides an in-depth analysis of the theory and practice of the citizen-soldier in historical context.

Using a postmodern feminist lens, Snyder reveals that within the citizen-soldier tradition, citizenship and masculinity are simultaneously constituted through engagement in civic and martial practices.