Globalization and militarism : feminists make the link / Cynthia H. Enloe

By:

Enloe, Cynthia H. (Cynthia Holden), 1938-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: eng Series: GlobalizationPublication details: New York : Rowman & Littlefield, 2007Description: xi, 187 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9780742541122
0742541126

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

303.482

LOC classification:

JZ 1318 E58g 2007

Contents:

Crafting a global "feminist curiosity" to make sense of militarism : tallying the impacts, exposing the causes -- Tracking the militarized global sneaker -- How does "national security" become militarized? -- Paying close attention to women inside militaries -- Wielding masculinity inside Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo : the globalized dynamics -- Demilitarizing a society in a globalizing world, or, Do you wear "camo"? -- The diverse lives of militarized and demilitarized women : globalizing insights from Japanese localized places -- Conclusion: The global, the local, and the personal.

Summary: Takes women's desires to be patriotic yet feminine and men's fears of being feminized as a strategy to explain how militarism is being globalizedand thus what it will take to roll back militarized societies and assumptions. This book unravels militarism's both blatant and subtle workings.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	JZ 1318 E58g 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000144093

Bibliography: pages 165-174

Crafting a global "feminist curiosity" to make sense of militarism : tallying the impacts, exposing the causes --
Tracking the militarized global sneaker --
How does "national security" become militarized? --
Paying close attention to women inside militaries --
Wielding masculinity inside Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo : the globalized dynamics --
Demilitarizing a society in a globalizing world, or, Do you wear "camo"? --
The diverse lives of militarized and demilitarized women : globalizing insights from Japanese localized places --
Conclusion: The global, the local, and the personal.

Takes women's desires to be patriotic yet feminine and men's fears of being feminized as a strategy to explain how militarism is being globalizedand thus what it will take to roll back militarized societies and assumptions. This book unravels militarism's both blatant and subtle workings.

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