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Feminism and Method

Nancy A. Naples draws on different research topics, such as welfare, poverty, sexual identity, and sexual abuse, to illustrate some of the most salient dilemmas of feminist research: the debate over objectivity, the paradox of discourse, the dilemma of standpoint, and the challenges of activist research.
By linking important feminist theoretical debates with case studies, Nancy A. Naples illustrates the strategies she developed for resolving the challenges posed be postmodern, Third World, postcolonial and queer studies.
Feminism and Method: Ethnography, Discourse Analysis, and Activist Research by Nancy A. Naples
ISBN: 041594449X

Bananas, Beaches and Bases

I have no hesitation in describing Bananas, Beaches and Bases as the most significant book in contemporary feminist International Politics. Each time I re-visit it, I am taken aback by its profound implications for both feminism and International Politics. The deceptively provocative question at its core - where are the women? - irrevocably transforms our views about what the central and important landscape of global politics is. In my view, it is the essential text not only for feminist International Politics courses but for anyone interested in starting to understand just how International Politics really works, said Marysia Zalewski, author of Feminism After Postmodernism: Theorising Through Practice.
A new edition of Bananas, Beaches, and Bases is cause for cosmic good cheer. This trailblazing treatment of the gender politics of global market and military projects is a feminist classic. Always ahead of the curve, before globalization had achieved cache in academic circles Cynthia Enloe was there, cajoling Western feminists out of our political parochialism. There is no more creative, insightful, engaging feminist guide to international politics. Cynthia Enloe is an international feminist treasure, and Bananas, Beaches, and Bases her signature work, explained Judith Stacey, author of Brave New Families.
Bananas, Beaches, and Bases is both a Pandora's Box and a roadmap: It unleashes questions and insights that many conventional students of International Politics are accustomed to ignoring or overlooking about the dynamic between gender and international political life, and it guides us to see how both are mutually constitutive. As the magna carta of Feminist International Relations, it has helped create a new generation of women and men in the world of international relations.
Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics by Cynthia Enloe
ISBN: 0520229126

Woman's Guide to Finding Her Inner French Girl

Ever wonder what gives French women that je ne sais quoi? At first you might think it's the elegant figure, matchless style, and mysterious allure. Then you realize those qualities don't come from just anywhere. They come from generations of women raised to cultivate an extraordinary sense of self. French women know who they are, like who they are, and excel at presenting who they are.
The rest of us are often susceptible to the next fad, the new thing, the ultimate diet. We're always seeking, instead of realizing that what we already are may be just right. Rarely does an American woman feel as comfortable in her own skin as her French counterpart. And rarely does an American woman have that essentially French ability to say no - to refuse anything that doesn't suit her, whether that thing is a job, a man, or the season's latest styles.
Provocative and practical, lively and intelligent, Entre Nous unlocks the mystery of the French girl and the secrets of her self-possession. Why do French women always look inimitably stylish? How do they manage to sit in a café for a three-course lunch and a glass of wine...by themselves? How do they decide when they're ready to let someone become a part of their very private lives?
Laced with practical tips, engaging sidebars, and essential observations about French women and their ways, Entre Nous is a delightful book that will help you take the best of all pages from the French girl's book - the page that reveals how to really enjoy life.
Debra Ollivier has written for Salon, Harpers, Playboy, Le Monde, and a variety of other publications. Debra Ollivier is a California girl who married a Frenchman and lived in France, where her children were born, for a decade. Debra now lives in Los Angeles.
Entre Nous: A Woman's Guide to Finding Her Inner French Girl by Debra Ollivier
Vhps Hardcover, ISBN: 0312308760

Antigone's Claim

Antigone, the renowned insurgent from Sophocle's Oedipus, has long been a feminist icon of defiance. But what has remained unclear is whether she escapes from the forms of power that she opposes. Antigone proves to be a more ambivalent figure for feminism than has been acknowledged, since the form of defiance she exemplifies also leads to her death.
Butler argues that Antigone represents a form of feminist and sexual agency that is fraught with risk. Moreover, Antignone shows how the constraints of normative kinship unfairly decide what will and will not be a liveable life.
Antigone's Claim: Kinship Between Life and Death by Judith P. Butler
ISBN: 0231118953