Bananas, Beaches and Bases : Making Feminist Sense of International Politics. / Cynthia Enloe.

Illustrations 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

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.