35 Facts About Cynthia Enloe

Cynthia Holden Enloe was born on July 16,1938 and is an American political theorist, feminist writer, and professor.

Cynthia Enloe is best known for her work on gender and militarism and for her contributions to the field of feminist international relations.

Cynthia Enloe has influenced the field of feminist political geography, with feminist geopolitics in particular.

Cynthia Enloe was born in New York City and grew up in Manhasset, Long Island, a New York suburb.

Cynthia Enloe's father was from Missouri and went to medical school in Germany from 1933 to 1936.

Cynthia Enloe's mother went to Mills College and married Cynthia's father upon graduation.

At Clark, Cynthia Enloe served as Chair of the Department of Political Science and as Director of Women's Studies.

Cynthia Enloe served on the university's Committee on Personnel and its Planning and Budget Review Committee.

Cynthia Enloe was awarded Clark University's Outstanding Teacher Award on three separate occasions.

At the beginning of her career, Cynthia Enloe mainly focused on studying ethnic and racial politics.

Cynthia Enloe completed her dissertation in Malaysia on a Fulbright Scholarship from 1965 to 1966.

Ten years after receiving her PhD, Cynthia Enloe had written six books on the subject of ethnical tensions and its role in politics; however, she had yet to look at any of these subjects from a feminist angle, something she admits being "embarrassed of".

Cynthia Enloe spoke with a colleague at Clark, the only man on the faculty who was a veteran, about his experiences during the Vietnam war.

Cynthia Enloe mentioned that Vietnamese women were hired by American soldiers to do their laundry.

Cynthia Enloe began to wonder how history would be different if the entire war had been told through the eyes of these Vietnamese women.

Ever since, Cynthia Enloe's work has primarily focused upon how feminist and gendered politics have shaped the national and international conversations.

Cynthia Enloe focuses on the unfair treatment of women in globalized factory and the many ways in which women are exploited for their labor.

Cynthia Enloe is not afraid to address security from a feminist perspective.

Cynthia Enloe argues that the US military model trains men to be the protectors of women and then produces an environment in which women are the victims of physical violence.

Cynthia Enloe has said that she wanted to come up with a phrase that she felt could be understood in both English and Japanese, as her lecture was being translated for those who attended.

Cynthia Enloe created this idea of "feminist curiosity" as a way of saying that feminism is about the questions you ask, not just the answers you give.

Cynthia Enloe's books cover a wide range of issues encompassing gender-based discrimination as well as racial, ethnic, and national identities.

Cynthia Enloe is a member of the academic network of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

Cynthia Enloe has listed Diane Singerman, Purnima Mankekar, and Cathy Lutz as people who have inspired and influenced her work.

Cynthia Enloe discusses colonialism in light of the typically held perceptions of the masculine West and the feminine East.

Cynthia Enloe continues to illustrate the struggle that feminist movements face in international politics through the domestic service industry.

Cynthia Enloe brings to light the idea that in order for feminist movements to succeed we must support organizations seeking rights for women along with ridding the world of the obsolete colonialist thought in which men run the world.

Cynthia Enloe asserts that curiosity as a feminist means that no woman's life should be beyond the scope of her interest.

Cynthia Enloe focuses on the influence of American culture on women of other nations and scrutinizes the masculine aspects of such well-established organizations as the United Nations and the American military.

Cynthia Enloe discusses the question of serious feminist analysis in international relations.

Cynthia Enloe warns the issues of letting masculinity and men override all aspects of international relations.

Cynthia Enloe speaks of her own difficulties with writing candidly about women and the military and her fears of not being recognized as a legitimate political scientist because of her particular views.

Cynthia Enloe makes very clear that there is still an immense need for the study of masculinity in international relations and political economy.

Unlike Cynthia Enloe's previous books, Nimo's War, Emma's War: Making Feminist Sense of the Iraq War looks at how war itself is a cataclysm that disrupts countless lives.

Cynthia Enloe emphasizes the different experiences of women located in varied ethnic, national, class, and occupational contexts and how they are tailored to the needs of militarism, therefore embedding themselves in policy.