Enloe
Three American companies control two-thirds of the world banana market. Name them.
Dole, Chiquita, and Del Monte
In which country did Hoang study how foreign investment deals get made?
Vietnam
Out of every $1 spent on bananas, how much reaches the growers?
5 cents
My fruit hats were inspired by Afro-Brazilian market women, and I insisted on bringing my Black band to the US.
Carmen Miranda
Which Caribbean islands does Enloe name as the region's main banana exporters?
The Windward Islands (St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines)
India grows the most bananas, but which country is the #1 banana exporter?
Ecuador
What phrase do Wall Street insiders use for nightclubs selling expensive alcohol and beautiful women?
"Models and bottles"
How much of that $1 goes to the supermarket?
34 cents
My firm has glass walls, 75% of my staff are women, and I back women-run companies.
Huan
Which international organization settled the "banana wars"?
The World Trade Organization
When companies added packinghouses in the 1960s, what work did they hire women to do there?
Cutting, washing off pesticides, sorting, stickering, and packing bananas
"If one goes down, we both go down." What does Hoang call this relationship?
Mutual hostage
Hoang's article draws on interviews with roughly how many financial professionals?
About 60
I told Hoang that women are "nothing" in private equity.
Bao
Name one offshore location where Hoang followed money into Vietnam.
BVI, Cayman Islands, Samoa, or Panama
Despite paying them low wages, how did banana executives describe women workers?
As "high cost" workers
Hoang builds her triangle by combining which two thinkers?
C. Wright Mills and Eve Sedgwick
How many times a day did the Chiquita jingle play on US radio?
376
I banned "girly bar" outings at my firm and got the CEO to pay for golf and tennis.
Kelly
What percentage of St. Lucia's agricultural landowners are women?
25%
The bananeras' union was named after a banana company's railroad subsidiary. What was it called?
SITRATERCO (Tela Railroad Company)
What are the local consultants called who handle relationships with officials?
Fixers
The bananeras' Women's Committee passed in 1988. How many women's votes, and how many men's?
8 women, 120 men
I went from packinghouse worker to COLSIBA's first woman senior coordinator and got Chiquita to address sexual harassment.
Iris Munguia
Who won the banana wars, and roughly how long did it take?
The US-based companies, after about 20 years