Women, gender, and terrorism
Women, gender, and terrorism [electronic resource] /
edited by Laura Sjoberg and Caron E. Gentry.
- Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2011.
- 1 online resource (224 p.)
- Studies in security and international affairs .
- UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes index.
Introduction. Women, gender, and terrorism / Laura Sjoberg, Grace D. Cooke, and Stacey Reiter Neal -- The Mujahidaat : tracing the early female warriors of Islam / Farhana Qazi -- The gendering of women's terrorism / Caron E. Gentry and Laura Sjoberg -- Zombies versus black widows : women as propaganda in the Chechen conflict / Alisa Stack-O'Connor -- Aatish-e-Chinar : in Kashmir, where women keep resistance alive / Swati Parashar -- The committed revolutionary : reflections on a conversation with Leila Khaled / Caron E. Gentry -- "In the war front we never think we are women" : women, gender, and the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Elam / Miranda Alison -- Al-Qaeda's use of female suicide bombers in Iraq : a case study / Jennie Stone and Katherine Pattillo -- The neo-orientalist narratives of women's involvement in al-qaeda / Caron E. Gentry -- Blinded by the explosion? security and resistance in Muslim women's suicide terrorism / Katherine E. Brown -- Conclusion. The study of women, gender, and terrorism / Laura Sjoberg.
9780820341309 0820341304
Global politics.
Political violence.
Violence in women--Case studies.
Violence in women.
Electronic books.
HQ1233 / .W593 2011
303.6/25082
Includes index.
Introduction. Women, gender, and terrorism / Laura Sjoberg, Grace D. Cooke, and Stacey Reiter Neal -- The Mujahidaat : tracing the early female warriors of Islam / Farhana Qazi -- The gendering of women's terrorism / Caron E. Gentry and Laura Sjoberg -- Zombies versus black widows : women as propaganda in the Chechen conflict / Alisa Stack-O'Connor -- Aatish-e-Chinar : in Kashmir, where women keep resistance alive / Swati Parashar -- The committed revolutionary : reflections on a conversation with Leila Khaled / Caron E. Gentry -- "In the war front we never think we are women" : women, gender, and the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Elam / Miranda Alison -- Al-Qaeda's use of female suicide bombers in Iraq : a case study / Jennie Stone and Katherine Pattillo -- The neo-orientalist narratives of women's involvement in al-qaeda / Caron E. Gentry -- Blinded by the explosion? security and resistance in Muslim women's suicide terrorism / Katherine E. Brown -- Conclusion. The study of women, gender, and terrorism / Laura Sjoberg.
9780820341309 0820341304
Global politics.
Political violence.
Violence in women--Case studies.
Violence in women.
Electronic books.
HQ1233 / .W593 2011
303.6/25082