| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The surprised feminist -- Margins, silences, and bottom rungs : how to overcome the underestimation of power -- In the study of international relations -- The globetrotting sneaker -- Daughters and generals in the politics of the globalized sneaker -- Whom do you take seriously? -- Feminist theorizing from bananas to maneuvers : a conversation between Cynthia Enloe and Marysia Zalewski -- All the men are in the militias, all the women are victims : the politics of masculinity and femininity in nationalist wars -- Spoils of war -- Masculinity as a foreign policy issue -- What if they gave a war-- : a conversation between Cynthia Enloe, Vivian Stromberg, and the editors of Ms. magazine -- Sneak attack : the militarization of U.S. culture -- War-planners rely on women : thoughts from Tokyo -- Feminists keep their eyes on militarized masculinity : wondering how Americans see their male presidents -- Becoming a feminist : Cynthia Enloe in conversation with three British international relations scholars -- Women after wars : puzzles and warnings from Vietnam -- Demilitarization, or more of the same? : feminist questions to ask in the postwar moment -- A feminist map of the blocks on the road to institutional accountability -- When feminists look at masculinity and the men who wage war : a conversation between Cynthia Enloe and Carol Cohn -- Updating the gendered empire : where are the women in occupied Afghanistan and Iraq? -- War without white hats -- Playing guns -- Hitler is a jerk -- Leaden soldiers -- Gurkhas wear wool -- The cigarette. |
| Summary |
In this collection of lively essays, Cynthia Enloe makes better sense of globalization and international politics by taking a deep and personal look into the daily realities in a range of women's lives. She proposes a distinctively feminist curiosity that begins with taking women seriously, especially during this era of unprecedented American influence. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Feminism.
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Feminism. |
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Sex role.
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Sex role. |
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Women and the military.
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Women and the military. |
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Women and war.
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Women and war. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Feminism. |
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Women's movement. |
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Gender roles. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Enloe, Cynthia H., 1938- Curious feminist. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004 0520242351 0520243811 (DLC) 2004010904 (OCoLC)55138580 |
| ISBN |
9780520938519 (electronic book) |
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0520938518 (electronic book) |
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0520242351 |
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9780520242357 |
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0520243811 |
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9780520243811 |
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1282358030 |
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9781282358034 |
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