Twelve Feminist Lessons of War, Cynthia Enloe
Twelve Feminist Lessons of War, Cynthia Enloe
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Twelve Feminist Lessons of War

Author: Cynthia Enloe

Narrator: Cynthia Enloe

Unabridged: 7 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/19/2023


Synopsis

Renowned scholar-activist Cynthia Enloe lays out the lessons that women activists have drawn from their immediate experiences of war.

Twelve Feminist Lessons of War draws on firsthand experiences of war from women in places as diverse as Ukraine, Myanmar, Somalia, Vietnam, Rwanda, Algeria, Syria, and Northern Ireland to show how women's wars are not men's wars. With her engaging trademark style, Cynthia Enloe demonstrates how patriarchy and militarism have embedded themselves in our institutions and our personal lives.

Enloe reveals how the social and political influences that shape war—from military recruitment and economic collapse to sexual assault and reproductive rights (and their denial)—are deeply gendered and pervade women's lives before, during, and in the aftermath of war. Her razor-sharp analysis, at once accessible and provocative, highlights how women's emotional and physical labor is used to support government policies and how women's rights activists—against all odds—remain committed in the midst of armed violence. Twelve Feminist Lessons of War is the gritty and grounded book we need to understand what is happening to our world.

About Cynthia Enloe

Cynthia Enloe is research professor at Clark University and author of fifteen books, including Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics. In 2018, Enloe's name was installed on the Gender Justice Legacy Wall at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Taylor on December 20, 2023

Excellent book. Extremely informative. I have typically stayed away from the topics of war and military due to disinterest and how disheartening it is, but this book is absolutely essential to read. Even if you object to war, it greatly changes the world and militarization has infiltrated so many as......more

Goodreads review by Emilie on November 20, 2024

The queen of feminist IR strikes again. Wish she unpacked the institutional implications of some of these claims a bit further but hey that’s further research for later!......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on October 13, 2024

A really in-depth analysis of what we forget to recognise and notice before, during, and after war relative to women's contributions.......more

Goodreads review by Ellen on April 03, 2025

Enloe gives us accessible perspectives on feminist lessons from wars. Published in 2023, this non-fiction is an important understanding on gender aspects to conflicts and wars (current and historical). There is a particular nuance to gender perspective in times of wars. Gender concepts are explored......more

Goodreads review by MC on January 29, 2025

My perspective on this is probably skewed because I'm reading it for my dissertation and it's just not of the same calabre as anything else in that category. It doesn't read like an academic book; more like something you'd find in the shelf in Indigo. Some of the lessons were very specific and insig......more