Abstract
The aim of this paper is to reexamine Cynthia Enloe's military studies, including her early studies of the military and ethnicity. Contemporary feminist scholars regard Enloe as the pioneer who created the first gender studies of the military in the 1980s. However, Enloe's viewpoint of “women and the military” stems not only from contemporary feminist studies, but also from her early studies of the military and ethnicity. This paper demonstrates that since the 1970s Enloe has consistently maintained a viewpoint that is less an a priori interest in the military qua military and more an interest in military-societal linkages.
