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