Bananas, beaches and bases : making feminist sense of international politics / Cynthia Enloe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Enloe, Cynthia H., 1938- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Political activity.

Women.

International relations.

Feminist theory.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (491 pages): illustrations, photographs

Edition:

Second edition, completely revised and updated.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California ; Los Angeles, California : University of California Press, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In this brand new radical analysis of globalization, Cynthia Enloe examines recent events-Bangladeshi garment factory deaths, domestic workers in the Persian Gulf, Chinese global tourists, and the UN gender politics of guns-to reveal the crucial role of women in international politics today. With all new and updated chapters, Enloe describes how many women's seemingly personal strategies-in their marriages, in their housework, in their coping with ideals of beauty-are, in reality, the stuff of global politics. Enloe offers a feminist gender analysis of the global politics of both masculinities and femininities, dismantles an apparently overwhelming world system, and reveals that system to be much more fragile and open to change than we think. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Gender Makes the World Go Round: Where Are the Women? 1

2 Lady Travelers, Beauty Queens, Stewardesses, and Chamber Maids: The International Gendered Politics of Tourism 37

3 Nationalism and Masculinity: The Nationalist Story Is Not Over-and It Is Not a Simple Story 83

4 Base Women 125

5 Diplomatic and Undiplomatic Wives 174

6 Going Bananas! Where Are Women in The International Politics of Bananas? 211

7 Women's Labor Is Never Cheap: Gendering Global Blue Jeans and Bankers 250

8 Scrubbing the Globalized Tub: Domestic Servants in World Politics 305.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Other Format:

Print version: Enloe, Cynthia H., 1938- Bananas, beaches and bases : making feminist sense of international politics.

ISBN:

9780520957282

OCLC:

879947314

Access Restriction:

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