Women, gender, and terrorism /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Gentry, Caron E., Sjoberg, Laura, 1979-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2011.
Series:	Studies in security and international affairs.
Subjects:	World politics. Political violence. Violence in women > Case studies. Violence in women. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

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.