Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics is a book by Cynthia Enloe.

[2] The book describes how gender, ethnicity and class affect the everyday lives of women worldwide, using a variety of sources including historical and government documents, biographical literature, news media and interviews.

The book features chapters on tourism, colonialism, nationalism, women and military bases, diplomatic spouses, Carmen Miranda and banana plantations, female textile workers, international bankers, migrant domestic workers and the International Monetary Fund.

"[3] In 1992, Judith Hicks Stiehm in Signs called it a "marvelously broad exploration of women and international affairs", praising its good use of photographs, breadth, "punchiness", and originality, concluding that it was "guaranteed" to be widely read.

[4] Writing for the American Sociological Association in 1993, Kathryn Ward called it "a must read" for people interested in any aspect of world economics or politics.