Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics
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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.
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Traditional analyses of diplomacy have emphasized its gendered nature, with feminist international relations scholars documenting how diplomatic practices historically marginalized women's perspectives.
“Traditional analyses of diplomacy have emphasized its gendered nature, with feminist international relations scholars documenting how diplomatic practices historically marginalized women's perspectives (Tickner, 2001;Enloe, 2014)”
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- Authors
- Enloe, C.
- Corresponding author
- Enloe, Cynthia
- ORCID
- Enloe, Cynthia
- Venue
- University of California Press eBooks
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Published
- 2014-05-16
- OpenAlex
- W2025843602
- Cited by
- 2,165
- References
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- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 116.72
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- University of California Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Security, and Conflict
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Feminism, Gender, and Intersectionality
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Historical Gender and Feminism Studies
- Keywords
- globalization, women in international politics, gender analysis, masculinity, femininity, domestic workers, Persian Gulf, Chinese tourists, firearms, beauty standards, marriage, housework
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