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feminists make the link
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Enloe, Cynthia
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- WER 6 2007 - B
- Thesaurus
- globalisering, militarisme, mannelijkheid, vrouwelijkheid, militaire beroepen, oorlog en vrede
- Description
- Militarism is being globalized today, not only because weapons are being traded worldwide, but because certain ideas about 'femininity' and 'masculinity' are being promoted and absorbed globally. Who is presumed to be the 'protector'? Who is taught to be grateful to be the 'protected'? This book considers how women's desires to be patriotic yet feminine and men's fears of being feminized have been exploited to globalize militarism. Through explorations of how governments think so narrowly about 'national security,' of how postwar reconstruction efforts have marginalized women, of how ideas about feminization were used to humiliate male prisoners in Abu Ghraib, and of why 'camo' has become a fashion statement, Cynthia Enloe unravels militarism's both blatant and subtle workings. Focusing her lens on the 'big picture' of international politics and on the small picture of women's and men's complex everyday lives, Enloe challenges us to recognize militarism in all its forms.
the international politics of militarizing women's lives
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Enloe, Cynthia
- Publish Year
- 2000
- Shelfmark
- B1422 - B
- Thesaurus
- oorlog en vrede, politiek, homoseksualiteit, racisme, seksueel geweld, militaire beroepen, prostitutie
- Description
- The author 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 Enloe ranges widely from Japan to Korea, Serbia, Kosovo, Rwanda, Britain, Israel, the United States, and many points in between. She covers a broad variety of subjects: gays in the military, the history of 'camp followers', the politics of women who have sexually serviced male soldiers, married life in the military, military nurses, and the recruitment of women into the military. She explores the complicated militarized experiences of women as prostitutes, as rape victims, as mothers, as wives, as nurses, and as feminist activists.
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