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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Entering a Tiger's Lair
  • The Lions and the Tigers : a historical overview of the Sri Lankan conflict and the role of women
  • Displacement and contributing factors to joining the ltte
  • The Tiger family : kin identity amongst women combatants of the LTTE
  • Death and the suicide bomber
  • Ah-lu-mai : equality and empowerment of the new woman, Puthumai Pen
  • Ending a journey : final reflections
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the author.

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