Preface to the New Edition
Chapter 1: Words to Investigate By
Chapter 2: “Feminist Curiosity” and Globalized Militarism
Chapter 3: Tracking the Militarized Global Sneaker
Chapter 4: How Does “National Security” Become Militarized?
Chapter 5: Paying Close Attention to Women Inside Militaries
Chapter 6: Wielding Masculinity inside Abu Ghraib and
Guantánamo
Chapter 7: Demilitarizing Your Closet: Do You Wear “Camo”?
Chapter 8: The Globalized Lives of Japanese Women
Chapter 9: Conclusion: The Global, the Local, and the Personal
References
Index
About the Author
Cynthia Enloe is research professor in the Department of International Development, Community, and Social Change and the Department of Women’s Studies at Clark University. Her books include the updated edition of the groundbreaking Bananas, Beaches, and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics.
Cynthia Enloe continues her quest to investigate the patriarchal
dimensions of militarization and globalization. Using feminist
curiosity she skillfully guides the reader in a series of
insightful analyses that unravel the relations between globally
militarized structures and the personal, even trivial, constructs
of everyday lives. With brilliance and clarity, she shows how
masculinities and femininities are tied to processes of
militarization and demilitarization in diverse locations across the
globe. This book is a must read for students and scholars
seeking to understand how women's and men's lives shape global
politics.
*Annica Kronsell, Lund University*
Cynthia Enloe’s vibrant and inspiring prose takes us on a global
journey of the everyday to uncover the gendered dynamics of
militarization in all sorts of unexpected places—from the
militarized politics of the sneaker to the wielding of masculinity
in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo to the rise of camouflage as fashion
to women peace activists mobilizing in Japan. Enloe uses her sharp
feminist curiosity to remind us that we should always beware of the
adjectives ‘natural’ or ‘trivial,’ for these often obscure how
militarization works. As always, Enloe’s work is essential for
anyone who wants to question the status quo in global politics and
is a call to action for those who want to promote change for a more
peaceful, just, and feminist world.
*Daniel Conway, University of Westminster, author of Masculinities,
Militarisation and the End Conscription Campaign: War Resistance in
Apartheid South Africa*
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