PCJ260Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Cynthia Enloe, New Media, Masculism
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Cynthia enloe, bananas, beaches, and bases: making feminist sense of. International politics, 2nd ed. (university of california press, 2014), ch. Ask where are the women to understand the world. Marketing / appeals to gender --> use strategically. Politics of marriage how are things made --> power. What women should do / say / wear is determined by politics. Monitor trends / data, rely on donors / volunteers. Assumptions that feminism, only concerns domestic / private. Slavery: focus on men"s involvement, first transnational women"s movement, had to overcome massive obstacles. Political contests over masculinity --> don"t want to be feminists. Push for women to "become informed" - women being acted upon. Carol cohn, (cid:373)sex and death in the rational world of defense. Intellectuals,(cid:374) signs: journal of women in culture and society, 12 4 (1987), pp. Father / son analogy : drive to superior power as means to exercise one"s will and readiness to threaten use to achieve.