JavaScriptSerializer - JSON serialization of enum as string

I have found that Json.NET provides the exact functionality I’m looking for with a StringEnumConverter attribute:

using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;

[JsonConverter(typeof(StringEnumConverter))]
public Gender Gender { get; set; }

There are other places to configure this converter more globally:

enum itself if you want enum always be serialized/deserialized as string:

[JsonConverter(typeof(StringEnumConverter))]  
enum Gender { Male, Female }

In case anyone wants to avoid attribute decoration, you can add the converter to your JsonSerializer (suggested by Bjørn Egil):
```
serializer.Converters.Add(new Newtonsoft.Json.Converters.StringEnumConverter()); 
```
and it will work for every enum it sees during that serialization (suggested by Travis).

or JsonConverter (suggested by banana):

JsonConvert.SerializeObject(MyObject, 
    new Newtonsoft.Json.Converters.StringEnumConverter());

Additionally you can control casing and whether numbers are still accepted by using StringEnumConverter(NamingStrategy, Boolean) constructor.

JavaScriptSerializer – JSON serialization of enum as string