Enloe, Cynthia H., 1938-

The curious feminist : searching for women in a new age of empire / Cynthia Enloe. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004. - 367 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The surprised feminist -- Margins, silences, and bottom rungs : how to overcome the underestimation of power -- In the study of internation al 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 betwee n Cynthia Enloe and Marysia Zalewski -- All the men are in the militias , all the women are victims : the politics of masculinity and femininit y in nationalist wars -- Spoils of war -- Masculinity as a foreign poli cy issue -- What if they gave a war-- : a conversation between Cynthia Enloe, Vivian Stromberg, and the editors of Ms. magazine -- Sneak attac k : the militarization of U.S. culture -- War-planners rely on women : thoughts from Tokyo -- Feminists keep their eyes on militarized masculi nity : wondering how Americans see their male presidents -- Becoming a feminist : Cynthia Enloe in conversation with three British internation al relations scholars -- Women after wars : puzzles and warnings from V ietnam -- Demilitarization, or more of the same? : feminist questions t o 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 Car ol Cohn -- Updating the gendered empire : where are the women in occupi ed Afghanistan and Iraq? -- War without white hats -- Playing guns -- H itler is a jerk -- Leaden soldiers -- Gurkhas wear wool -- The cigarett e.

9780520243811 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2004-010904


Feminism.
Sex role.
Women and the military.
Women and war.

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