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The Curious Feminist - Searching for Women in a New Age of Empire (Paperback, New)
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The Curious Feminist - Searching for Women in a New Age of Empire (Paperback, New)
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In this collection of lively essays, Cynthia Enloe makes better
sense of globalization and international politics by taking a deep
and personal look into the daily realities in a range of women's
lives. She proposes a distinctively feminist curiosity that begins
with taking women seriously, especially during this era of
unprecedented American influence. This means listening carefully,
digging deep, challenging assumptions, and welcoming surprises.
Listening to women in Asian sneaker factories, Enloe reveals,
enables us to bring down to earth the often abstract discussions of
the global economy. Paying close attention to Iraqi women's
organizing efforts under military occupation exposes the false
global promises made by officials. Enloe also turns the beam of her
inquiry inward. In a series of four candid interviews and a new set
of autobiographical pieces, she reflects on the gradual development
of her own feminist curiosity. Describing her wartime suburban
girlhood and her years at Berkeley, she maps the everyday obstacles
placed on the path to feminist consciousness - and suggests how
those obstacles can be identified and overcome. "The Curious
Feminist" shows how taking women seriously also challenges the
common assumption that masculinities are trivial factors in today's
international affairs. Enloe explores the workings of masculinity
inside organizations as diverse as the American military, a Serbian
militia, the UN, and Oxfam. A feminist curiosity finds all women
worth thinking about, Enloe claims. She suggests that we pay
thoughtful attention to women who appear complicit in violence or
in the oppression of others, or too cozily wrapped up in their
relative privilege to inspire praise or compassion. Enloe's
vitality, passion, and incisive wit illuminate each essay. "The
Curious Feminist" is an original and timely invitation to look at
global politics in an entirely different way.
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