Women in terrorism : case of the LTTE /

Women in Terrorism examines the growing number of women actively engaged in terrorist activity and considers the significance of this for theorising gender, conflict and social politics. With that aim, the book studies Tamil women combatants of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), an armed r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Herath, Tamara
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2012.
Temas:
Tamil̲īl̲a Viṭutalaippulikaḷ (Association)
Women terrorists > Sri Lanka > Biography.
Femmes terroristes > Sri Lanka > Biographies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Terrorism.
Women terrorists
Sri Lanka > History.
Sri Lanka > Histoire.
Sri Lanka
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Women in Terrorism examines the growing number of women actively engaged in terrorist activity and considers the significance of this for theorising gender, conflict and social politics. With that aim, the book studies Tamil women combatants of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), an armed resistance group which is identified as one of the deadliest terrorist groups globally. Drawing on narrative life histories, the book canvasses three decades of ethno-nationalist war in Sri Lanka contributing to a major social change for Tamil women in Jaffna. It identifies the LTTE as providing an '
Descripción Física:1 online resource (242 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9788132109389
8132109384

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