Seriously!: Investigating Crashes and Crises as If Women Mattered

by Cynthia Enloe

Overview

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 job market, in war zones, and in revolutions. The results of taking women seriously are fresh insights into what fuels the cultures of hyper–risk taking, of sexual harassment, and the denial of women’s post-war security.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520275379
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	09/16/2013
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Cynthia Enloe is research professor at Clark University and author of numerous books, including Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics.

Table of 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 Party
9. Conclusion: In the Eye of the Beholder

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

"This book should be read by all who care about international issues as they affect our lives locally and globally."

Women's Review of Books

"Enloe's analysis is eye-opening, clear, and provocative. She makes a compelling case for using a gendered lens in order to fully understand "what's going on" or how to productively forge a way to resolve crises. . . . [Seriously! is] an excellent, highly accessible analysis that would be useful in undergraduate and graduate classes alike. In addition, scholars of gender, politics, human rights, and social movements are likely to find the book engaging and insightful."

Gender and Society

"Enloe offers vivid illustrations from around the world of how women's perspectives and needs are ignored or trivialized, both in public discourse and policymaking."

Ms.

"Enloe offers vivid illustrations from around the world of how women's perspectives and needs are ignored or trivialized, both in public discourse and policymaking."-- "Ms."

"This book should be read by all who care about international issues as they affect our lives locally and globally."-- "Women's Review of Books"

"Enloe's analysis is eye-opening, clear, and provocative. She makes a compelling case for using a gendered lens in order to fully understand "what's going on" or how to productively forge a way to resolve crises. . . . [Seriously! is] an excellent, highly accessible analysis that would be useful in undergraduate and graduate classes alike. In addition, scholars of gender, politics, human rights, and social movements are likely to find the book engaging and insightful."-- "Gender and Society"

From the Publisher

"Enloe offers vivid illustrations from around the world of how women's perspectives and needs are ignored or trivialized, both in public discourse and policymaking."

Ms. Magazine - Carrie Baker

"Enloe offers vivid illustrations from around the world of how women's perspectives and needs are ignored or trivialized, both in public discourse and policymaking."

Ms.