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Twelve Feminist Lessons of War
About this book
'Cynthia Enloe is a force to be reckoned with and utterly tireless. Her work has long spanned intersectional analyses of gender, race and class...she repeatedly questions which things society pays attention to and which we consider insignificant. She is an inspiration.' Laura Bates 'A triumph' Chatham House Twelve Feminist Lessons of War draws on sharp insights of women as survivors, activists and scholars from Ukraine to Sudan and Myanmar to show how diverse women's experiences of war must be taken seriously if we are to prevent and shorten wars and make gender justice central to recovering from wars.Women's wars are not men's wars. Wartime shapes the gendered politics of marriage, prostitution, journalism, economics, childcare, domestic violence and rape. Enloe's razor-sharp analysis highlights how understanding this can prevent wars and even end them.With fresh, fierce and vital thinking, she shows that by paying more attention to the wounded and the women who care for them, we will be more realistic about the long 'post-war'; and that by listening to feminists on the ground, in Ukraine and elsewhere, we will better understand what is happening to our world.Cynthia is one of only 100 women named on the Gender Justice Wall in The Hague.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Praise for Twelve Feminist Lessons of War
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface. This is Not a Girlsâ Guide to Waging Wars
- One. Womenâs Wars Are Not Menâs Wars
- Two. Every War is Fought in Gendered History
- Three. Getting Men to Fight Isnât So Easy
- Four. Women as Soldiers is Not Liberation
- Five. Women as Armed Insurgents Offer Feminist Caveats
- Six. Wounds Matter â Wounds are Gendered
- Seven. Make Wartime Rape Visible
- Eight. Feminists Organize While War is Raging
- Nine. âPost-warâ Can Last Generations
- Ten. Militarization Starts During Peacetime
- Eleven. Ukrainian Feminists Have Lessons to Teach Us About War
- Twelve. Feminist Lessons are For Everyone
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- About the Author