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
Main Authors: Narozhna, Tanya, 1976- (Author), Knight, W. Andy (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women terrorists.
Women suicide bombers.
Terrorism > Social aspects.
Terrorism > Political aspects.
Feminism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
feminism.
Feminisme.
Terrorisme > Aspect politique.
Terrorisme > Aspect social.
Femmes terroristes.
Femmes kamikazes (Attentats-suicides)
Feminism
Electronic books.
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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