Nimo's War, Emma's War: Making Feminist Sense of the Iraq War
Title | Nimo's War, Emma's War: Making Feminist Sense of the Iraq War |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2010 |
Authors | Enloe, Cynthia H. |
Number of Pages | 320 |
Publisher | University of California Press |
City | Berkeley |
Abstract | Cynthia Enloe looks closely at the lives of eight ordinary women, four Iraqis and four Americans, during the Iraq War. Among others, Enloe profiles a Baghdad beauty parlor owner, a teenage girl who survived a massacre, an elected member of Parliament, the young wife of an Army sergeant, and an African American woman soldier. Each chapter begins with a close-up look at one woman's experiences and widens into a dazzling examination of the larger canvas of war's gendered dimensions. Bringing to light hidden and unexpected theaters of operation--prostitution, sexual assault, marriage, ethnic politics, sexist economies--these stories are a brilliant entryway into an eye-opening exploration of the actual causes, costs, and long-range consequences of war. This unique comparison of American and Iraqi women's diverse and complex experiences sheds a powerful light on the different realities that together we call, perhaps too easily, "the Iraq war." |
URL | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1ppj47 |
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