Female suicide bombings : a critical gender approach /

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"As media coverage of terrorism and terroristic acts has increased so too has the discussion about the identities, motives, and gender of the perpetrators. Over the past fifteen years, there have been over 150 reported suicide bombings committed by women around the world. Because of its promine...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Narozhna, Tanya, 1976- (Author), Knight, W. Andy (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Women suicide bombers.
Women terrorists.
Terrorism > Social aspects.
Terrorism > Political aspects.
Feminism.
Feminism
Femmes kamikazes (Attentats-suicides)
Femmes terroristes.
Terrorisme > Aspect social.
Terrorisme > Aspect politique.
Féminisme.
feminism.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Mapping the framework : key terms and concepts
  • The history of modern female suicide bombings : contextualizing acts of violence
  • Female suicide bombings : between agential choice and structural determinism
  • Gender, power, and violence : exploring the organizations behind female suicide bombings
  • Global power, knowledge, and the politics of difference in the representations of female suicide bombings
  • Counter-terrorism, gender, and human security.

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