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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791034203321

Autore

Enloe Cynthia H. <1938->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©2014

ISBN

9780520957282 (electronic book)

0-520-95728-8

Edizione

[Second edition, completely revised and updated.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (491 p.)

Classificazione

MS 3150

Disciplina

320.082

Soggetti

Women - Political activity

International relations

Feminist theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Chapter one. Gender Makes the World Go Round -- Chapter two. Lady Travelers, Beauty Queens, Stewardesses, and Chambermaids -- Chapter three. Nationalism and Masculinity -- Chapter four. Base Women -- Chapter five. Diplomatic and Undiplomatic Wives -- Chapter six. Going Bananas! -- Chapter seven. Women's Labor is Never Cheap -- Chapter eight. Scrubbing the Globalized Tub -- Chapter nine. Conclusion -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.