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Enloe Cynthia H. <1938-> |
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Titolo |
Seriously! [[electronic resource] ] : investigating crashes and crises as if women mattered / / Cynthia Enloe |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
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ISBN |
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0-520-27537-3 |
0-520-95666-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (259 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Feminism |
Feminist theory |
Women |
Male domination (Social structure) |
Financial crises |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Who Is "Taken Seriously"? -- 2. Launching and Naming: Sexual Harassment and One Women's-Studies Story -- 3. The Mundane Matters: Why Feminists Take Daily Life Seriously -- 4. DSK, Vikings, and the Smartest Guys: Masculinities in the Banking Crash of 2008 -- 5. Women in Recession: Austerity and Misogyny -- 6. Militarism, Patriarchy, and Peace Movements: In Conversation with Cynthia Cockburn -- 7. Failing to Secure the Peace: Patriarchal Assumptions and Their Consequences for UN Operations in Haiti; A Conversation with Nadine Puechguirbal -- 8. Egyptian Women, Feminism, Revolutions: The Dinner Party -- 9. Conclusion: In the Eye of the Beholder -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Seriously!, Cynthia Enloe, author of the groundbreaking analysis of globalization, Bananas, Beaches, and Bases, addresses two deeply gendered and contested questions: Who is taken seriously? And who gets to bestow the label "serious" on others? With a strategy of taking both women and gender dynamics seriously, Cynthia Enloe investigates the Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair and the banking crash of 2008, the |
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subsequent recession, as well as UN peacekeeping and the ongoing Egyptian revolution. Each case study highlights the gritty experiences of women in diverse circumstances-in banks, on the job market, in war zones, and in revolutions. The results of taking women seriously are fresh insights into what fuels the cultures of hyper-risk taking, of sexual harassment, and the denial of women's post-war security. |
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