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Author Enloe, Cynthia H., 1938-

Title Maneuvers : the international politics of militarizing women's lives / Cynthia Enloe.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2000]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  355.0082 E58M    Check Shelf
Description xix, 418 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-397) and index.
Contents How do they militarize a can of soup? -- Laundress, the soldier, and the state -- Prostitute, the colonel, and the nationalist -- When soldiers rape -- If a woman is "married to the military," who is the husband? -- Nursing the military: the imperfect management of respectability -- Filling the ranks: militarizing women as mothers, soldiers, feminists, and fashion designers.
Summary Enloe outlines the dilemmas feminists around the globe face in trying to craft theories and strategies that support militerized women, locally and internationally, without unwittingly being militerized themselves.
Subject Women and the military.
Women and war.
Sociology, Military.
Women and the military. (OCoLC)fst01177119
Women and war. (OCoLC)fst01177123
Oorlogvoering.
Sociale aspecten.
Militarisering.
Kriegsverbrechen.
Krieg.
Frau.
Militär.
ISBN 0520220706 (alk. paper)
9780520220706 (alk. paper)
0520220714 (alk. paper)
9780520220713 (alk. paper)
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