European University Institute Library

Women, gender, and terrorism, edited by Laura Sjoberg and Caron E. Gentry

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

Women, gender, and terrorism

bibliography

720259252

edited by Laura Sjoberg and Caron E. Gentry

Studies in security and international affairs

In the last decade the world has witnessed a rise in women's participation in terrorism. Women, Gender, and Terrorism explores women's relationship with terrorism, with a keen eye on the political, gender, racial, and cultural dynamics of the contemporary world--, Provided by Publisher

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 -- 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 that we are women" : women, gender, and the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam / 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