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. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-342) and index.

Introduction: Being Curious about Our Lack of Feminist Curiosity. PART 1. SNEAKERS, SILENCES, AND SURPRISES : 1. The Surprised Feminist -- 2. Margins, Silences, and Bottom Rungs: How to Overcome the Underestimation of Power in the Study of International Relations -- 3. The Globetrotting Sneaker -- 4. Daughters and Generals int he Politics of the Globalized Sneaker -- 5. Whom Do You Take Seriously? -- 6. Feminist Theorizing from Bananas to Maneuvers: A Conversation between Cynthia Enloe and Marysia Zalewski. PART 2. WARS ARE NEVER "OVER THERE" : 7. All the Men Are in the Militias, All the Women Are Victims: The Politics of Masculinity and Femininity in Nationalist Wars -- 8. Spoils of War -- 9. Masculinity as a Foreign Policy Issue -- 10. "What If They Gave a War ... ": A Conversation between Cynthia Enloe, Vivian Stromberg, and the Editors of Ms. Magazine -- 11. Sneak Attack: The Militarization of U.S. Culture -- 12. War-Planners Rely on Women: Thoughts from Tokyo -- 13. Feminists Keep Their Eyes on Militarized Masculinity: Wondering How Americans See Their Male Presidents -- 14. Becoming a Feminist: Cynthia Enloe in Conversation with Three British International Relations Scholars. PART 3. FEMINISTS AFTER WARS--IT'S NOT OVER TIL IT'S OVER : 15. Women after Wars: Puzzles and Warnings from Vietnam -- 16. Demilitarization--Or More of the Same? Feminist Questions to Ask in the Postwar Moment -- 17. A Feminist Map of the Blocks on the Road to Institutional Accountability -- 18. When Feminists Look at Masculinity and the Men Who Wage War: A Conversation between Cynthia Enloe and Carol Cohn -- 19. Updating the Gendered Empire: Where Are the Women in Occupied Afghanistan and Iraq? PART 4. SIX PIECES FOR A WORK IN PROGRESS: PLAYING CHECKERS WITH THE TROOPS : 20. War without White Hats -- 21. Playing Guns -- 22. Hitler Is a Jerk -- 23. Leaden Soldiers -- 24. Gurkhas Wear Wool -- 25. The Cigarette.

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

HQ1155 / .E55 2004

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