Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics by C

Description: Bananas, Beaches and Bases by Cynthia Enloe Presents a radical analysis of globalization. This title 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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 womens 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. Flap "This is the work of a well-travelled feminist mulling over the inequalities of the postmodern world. In a lively overview of tourism, the food industry, army bases, nationalism, diplomacy, global factories, and domestic work, Enloe persuasively argues that gender is key to the workings of international relations."--Aihwa Ong, University of California, Berkeley "If you thought you understood how our world works, think again. Get ready to look at your jeans, your breakfast, and your morning paper in a whole new light. This book made my brain hurt, in the best way."--Sohaila Abdulali, author of Year of the Tiger "The third edition of Bananas, Beaches and Bases demonstrates beyond all doubt the enduring brilliance of Cynthia Enloes fastidious documenting of womens lives as they shape, and are shaped by the power-play of international politics. In sharpening and freshening feminist curiosity in the contemporary period, this edition reminds us of both the stubborn tenacity of gendered inequality as it is etched into everyday life and, in more optimistic terms, the potentially transformative capacity with which womens lives inhere. A gritty yet erudite text illuminating the international topography of the current day, global gender regime of interest to fresh eyes as well as readers looking to get a handle on patriarchys mutability."--Dr Paul Higate, Reader in Gender & Security at the School for Sociology, Politics and International Studies, the University of Bristol and editor of Military Masculinities: Identity and the State (Praeger: Greenwood) "This book is a rare gem. After having read it, international relations will never look the same again. Through bananas, beaches, bases and the many lives women live Cynthia Enloe most persuasively shows that global politics is not where it is supposed to be. A third, updated edition of this classic is very welcome indeed."--Jef Huysmans, Professor of Security Studies, The Open University (UK) "To change the world Author Biography Cynthia Enloe is Professor of Political Science at Clark University and is the author of many books, including Maneuvers: The International Politics of Militarizing Womens Lives and The Curious Feminist: Searching for Women in a New Age of Empire. Enloe won the Howard Zinn Lifetime Achievement in Peace Studies Award from the Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA). Table of Contents Illustrations Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition 1. Gender Makes the World Go Round: Where Are the Women? 2. Lady Travelers, Beauty Queens, Stewardesses, and Chamber Maids: The International Gendered Politics of Tourism 3. Nationalism and Masculinity: The Nationalist Story Is Not Over--and It Is Not a Simple Story 4. Base Women 5. Diplomatic and Undiplomatic Wives 6. Going Bananas! Where Are Women in the International Politics of Bananas? 7. Womens Labor Is Never Cheap: Gendering Global Blue Jeans and Bankers 8. Scrubbing the Globalized Tub: Domestic Servants in World Politics Conclusion: The Personal Is International; the International Is Personal Notes Index Review "Enloes analysis is clear, complex, amusing, demystifying, accessible, and insightful." * Journal of Politics *"Offers a refreshing, insightful, and critical departure from conventional, top-down treatments of international politics." * American Political Science Review *"Its breadth, punchiness, and original linkages guarantee that it will become a widely used text." * Signs *"Enloes important book is still provocatively political, shamelessly radical and genuinely feminist." * Australian Institute of International Affairs *"Contributes profoundly . . . to the global effort to put control of womens lives back in womens hands." * Womens Review of Books * Review Quote "[Enloes] analysis is clear, complex, amusing, demystifying, accessible, and insightful." Details ISBN0520279999 Author Cynthia Enloe Publisher University of California Press Language English ISBN-10 0520279999 ISBN-13 9780520279995 Media Book Format Paperback Residence US Birth 1938 Year 2014 Edition 2nd Imprint University of California Press Subtitle Making Feminist Sense of International Politics Place of Publication Berkerley Country of Publication United States Illustrations black & white illustrations Short Title BANANAS BEACHES & BASES 2/E UK Release Date 2014-05-16 NZ Release Date 2014-05-16 US Release Date 2014-05-16 Pages 496 Edition Description 2nd edition Publication Date 2014-05-16 DEWEY 303.482 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2014-05-15 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159561480;

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