A Conversation with Cynthia Enloe: Feminists Look at Masculinity and the Men Who Wage War

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Previous articleNext article No AccessA Conversation with Cynthia Enloe: Feminists Look at Masculinity and the Men Who Wage WarCarol Cohn, and Cynthia EnloeCarol CohnDepartment of Political ScienceWellesley College (Cohn) Search for more articles by this author , and Cynthia EnloeDepartment of Government and International RelationsWomen's Studies ProgramClark University (Enloe) Search for more articles by this author Department of Political ScienceWellesley College (Cohn)Department of Government and International RelationsWomen's Studies ProgramClark University (Enloe)PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Signs Volume 28, Number 4Summer 2003 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/368326 Views: 2465Total views on this site Citations: 39Citations are reported from Crossref © 2003 by The University of Chicago. 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