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Book SynopsisPresents 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.
Trade Review"Enloe's 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 *
"Enloe’s 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 women's lives back in women's hand's." * Women's Review of Books *
Table of ContentsIllustrations 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. Women's 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
