Bananas, beaches and bases: making feminist sense of international politics

In this brand new radical analysis of globalization, Cynthia Enloe 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. With all new and updated chapters, Enloe describes how many women's seemingly personal strategies-in their marriages, in their housework, in their coping with ideals of beauty-are, in reality, the stuff of global politics. Enloe offers a feminist gender analysis of the global politics of both masculinities

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Chapter one. Gender Makes the World Go Round -- Chapter two. Lady Travelers, Beauty Queens, Stewardesses, and Chambermaids -- Chapter three. Nationalism and Masculinity -- Chapter four. Base Women -- Chapter five. Diplomatic and Undiplomatic Wives -- Chapter six. Going Bananas! -- Chapter seven. Women's Labor is Never Cheap -- Chapter eight. Scrubbing the Globalized Tub -- Chapter nine. Conclusion -- Notes -- Index

Gender makes the world go round -- On the beach: sexism and tourism -- Nationalism and masculinity -- Base women -- Diplomatic wives -- Carmen Miranda on my mind: international politics of the banana -- Blue jeans and bankers -- 'Just like one of the family': domestic servants in world politics.