Geopol, Dowler and Sharp 2010 2x

What does the Cuba case study show in feminist geopolitics?

Women were active revolutionaries but still seen as “mothers of the revolution.”

Why is US academic interest in Cuba criticised?

It can act as a form of colonial appropriation.

What issue complicated Irish reunification debates for women?

Divorce, birth control, and childcare rights.

What does the Ireland case study reveal?

National identity differs by gender, class, and race.

What is the Oklahoma Bomber case study used to show?

US identity constructed through “inside vs outside” discourses.

What does the Egypt hijab case study demonstrate?

The hijab can symbolise resistance, freedom, or fashion.

How did some Egyptian women use the hijab politically?

To reject Western values.

How did some Egyptian women use the hijab socially?

To appear respectable and gain greater freedom.

Why were Islamist women often viewed as non-political by the West?

Because domestic/private spaces were ignored politically.

What does Tuathail’s “anti-geopolitical eye” critique?

Detached traditional geopolitics.

How is traditional geopolitics commonly described?

As a distant “all-seeing eye.”

What gender bias exists in traditional war narratives?

Men framed as heroes, women as victims/helpers.

What scale shift occurs in feminist geopolitics?

From state/global scales to body, home, and community.

What criticism is made of the cultural turn?

It focused too much on representation over material suffering.

What do postcolonial scholars criticise about feminist geopolitics?

It often fails to decentre Western perspectives.

How do non-Western academics describe Western feminism?

Interested in experiences but not non-Western knowledge.

What is “anaemic geography”?

Research lacking attention to lived realities and materiality.

What does feminist geopolitics argue about bodies?

Bodies actively create meaning, not just receive discourse.

What does feminist geopolitics reveal about everyday life?

Ordinary practices are politically important.

Why is materiality important in feminist geopolitics?

Because geopolitics causes real pain, death, and suffering.