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Nimo's war, Emma's war : making feminist sense of the Iraq War / / Cynthia Enloe



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Autore: Enloe Cynthia H. <1938-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Nimo's war, Emma's war : making feminist sense of the Iraq War / / Cynthia Enloe Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 320 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina: 956.7044/3082
Soggetto topico: Women and war - Iraq
Women soldiers - Iraq
Women - Iraq
Iraq War, 2003-2011
Soggetto non controllato: african americans
baghdad
causes of war
contemporary feminists
cost of war
demographic study
ethnic politics
feminism
gender of war
historians
international relations
iraq war
iraqi army
men and women
middle east
modern history
multiple perspectives
nonfiction
political history
political science
prostitution
sexism
sexual assault
us army
war history
womens experiences
womens perspective
world history
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-293) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Eight Women, One War -- 2. Nimo: Wartime Politics in a Beauty Parlor -- 3. Maha: A Widow Returns to Baghdad -- 4. Safah: The Girl from Haditha -- 5. Shatha: A Legislator in Wartime -- 6. Emma and the Recruiters -- 7. Danielle: From Basketball Court to Baghdad Rooftop -- 8. Kim: "I'm in a Way Fighting My Own War" -- 9. Charlene: Picking Up the Pieces -- Conclusion: The Long War -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Nimo, Maha, Safah, Shatha, Emma, Danielle, Kim, Charlene. In a book that once again blends her distinctive flair for capturing the texture of everyday life with shrewd political insights, Cynthia Enloe looks closely at the lives of eight ordinary women, four Iraqis and four Americans, during the Iraq War. Among others, Enloe profiles a Baghdad beauty parlor owner, a teenage girl who survived a massacre, an elected member of Parliament, the young wife of an Army sergeant, and an African American woman soldier. Each chapter begins with a close-up look at one woman's experiences and widens into a dazzling examination of the larger canvas of war's gendered dimensions. Bringing to light hidden and unexpected theaters of operation-prostitution, sexual assault, marriage, ethnic politics, sexist economies-these stories are a brilliant entryway into an eye-opening exploration of the actual causes, costs, and long-range consequences of war. This unique comparison of American and Iraqi women's diverse and complex experiences sheds a powerful light on the different realities that together we call, perhaps too easily, "the Iraq war."
Titolo autorizzato: Nimo's war, Emma's war  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-76394-6
9786612763946
0-520-94595-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910784957003321
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