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Seriously! : investigating crashes and crises as if women mattered / Cynthia Enloe.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2013]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520956667
  • 0520956664
  • 1299708846
  • 9781299708846
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Seriously!DDC classification:
  • 305.42 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ1155 .E554 2013eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1. Who Is "Taken Seriously"?; 2. Launching and Naming: Sexual Harassment and One Women's-Studies Story; 3. The Mundane Matters: Why Feminists Take Daily Life Seriously; 4. DSK, Vikings, and the Smartest Guys: Masculinities in the Banking Crash of 2008; 5. Women in Recession: Austerity and Misogyny; 6. Militarism, Patriarchy, and Peace Movements: In Conversation with Cynthia Cockburn; 7. Failing to Secure the Peace: Patriarchal Assumptions and Their Consequences for UN Operations in Haiti; A Conversation with Nadine Puechguirbal.
8. Egyptian Women, Feminism, Revolutions: The Dinner Party9. Conclusion: In the Eye of the Beholder; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.
Summary: In Seriously!, Cynthia Enloe, author of the groundbreaking analysis of globalization, Bananas, Beaches, and Bases, addresses two deeply gendered and contested questions: Who is taken seriously? And who gets to bestow the label ""serious"" on others? With a strategy of taking both women and gender dynamics seriously, Cynthia Enloe investigates the Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair and the banking crash of 2008, the subsequent recession, as well as UN peacekeeping and the ongoing Egyptian revolution. Each case study highlights the gritty experiences of women in diverse circumstances-in banks, on the
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In Seriously!, Cynthia Enloe, author of the groundbreaking analysis of globalization, Bananas, Beaches, and Bases, addresses two deeply gendered and contested questions: Who is taken seriously? And who gets to bestow the label ""serious"" on others? With a strategy of taking both women and gender dynamics seriously, Cynthia Enloe investigates the Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair and the banking crash of 2008, the subsequent recession, as well as UN peacekeeping and the ongoing Egyptian revolution. Each case study highlights the gritty experiences of women in diverse circumstances-in banks, on the

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1. Who Is "Taken Seriously"?; 2. Launching and Naming: Sexual Harassment and One Women's-Studies Story; 3. The Mundane Matters: Why Feminists Take Daily Life Seriously; 4. DSK, Vikings, and the Smartest Guys: Masculinities in the Banking Crash of 2008; 5. Women in Recession: Austerity and Misogyny; 6. Militarism, Patriarchy, and Peace Movements: In Conversation with Cynthia Cockburn; 7. Failing to Secure the Peace: Patriarchal Assumptions and Their Consequences for UN Operations in Haiti; A Conversation with Nadine Puechguirbal.

8. Egyptian Women, Feminism, Revolutions: The Dinner Party9. Conclusion: In the Eye of the Beholder; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.

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