Maneuvers

The International Politics of Militarizing Women's Lives

Author: Cynthia H. Enloe
ISBN: 9780520220713

Maneuvers takes readers on a global tour of the sprawling process called "militarization." With her incisive verve and moxie, eminent feminist Cynthia Enloe shows that the people who become militarized are not just the obvious ones--executives and factory floor workers who make fighter planes, land mines, and intercontinental missiles. They are also the employees of food companies, toy companies, clothing companies, film studios, stock brokerages, and advertising agencies. Militarization is never gender-neutral, Enloe claims: It is a personal and political transformation that relies on ideas about femininity and masculinity. Films that equate action with war, condoms that are designed with a camouflage pattern, fashions that celebrate brass buttons and epaulettes, tomato soup that contains pasta shaped like Star Wars weapons--all of these contribute to militaristic values that mold our culture in both war and peace. Presenting new and groundbreaking material that builds on Enloe's acc

Publisher: University of California Press
Publish Date: 2000

Subjects: Political Science / Security (National & International), Social Science / Women's Studies, Social Science / Gender Studies, Technology & Engineering / Military Science

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Cross-Cultural Center (Location: Feminism (FEMM)), Women's Center (Location: Military/War)