The Globetretting Sneaker by Cynthia Enloe
1) "But no matter where sneakers are bought or sold, the potency of
their advertising imagery has made it easy to ignore thismundane fact:
Shaquille O'Nea'ls Reeboks are stitched by someone...." 506
2) "The bottom line is that all companies operating overseas
depend on trade agreements made between their own governments and the regimes
ruling the countries in which they want to make or sell their products."
507
"Gaurantees of fair, healthy labor practices, of the rights to
speak freely and to organize independently, will usually be left out of
trade pacts -- and women will suffer." 507
3) How does the sport shoe industry harm women?
4) What is subcontracting and why do U.S. companies do it? What's
the Profit?
5) "If women reimagined theirlives as daughters, as wives, as workers,
as citizens, it wouldn't just rattle their employers; it would shake the
very foundations of the whole political system." 508
6) What's the similarity and difference between China and Indonesia?
7) "The all-is-relative response craftily shifts attention away from
reality: Nike didn't move to Indonesia to help Indonesians; it moved to
ensure that its profit margin continues to grow." 509