Female suicide bombings : a critical gender approach /

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Author / Creator:	Narozhna, Tanya, 1976-, author.
Imprint:	Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Description:	x, 266 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Women suicide bombers. Women terrorists. Terrorism -- Social aspects. Terrorism -- Political aspects. Feminism. Feminism. Terrorism -- Political aspects. Terrorism -- Social aspects. Women suicide bombers. Women terrorists.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10902657

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Other authors / contributors:	Knight, W. Andy, author.
ISBN:	9781487520045 (paper) 1487520042 (paper) 9781487500078 (cloth) 1487500076 (cloth)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-258) and index.
Summary:	"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 prominence in media reporting, the phrase "female suicide bomber" has become loaded with gendered notions and assumptions that elicit preconditioned responses in the West. Female Suicide Bombings critically examines and challenges common assumptions of this loaded term. Tanya Narozhna and W. Andy Knight introduce female suicide bombings as a socio-political practice and a product of deeply politicized, gendered representations. Drawing on a combination of feminist and post-colonial approaches as well as terrorism studies literature, the authors seek to transcend ideological divisions in order to enhance our understanding of how gender, power, and academic practices influence our perceptions of female suicide bombings."--

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Mapping the Framework: Key Terms and Concepts
2. The History of Modern Female Suicide Bombings: Contextualizing Acts of Violence
3. Female Suicide Bombings: Between Agential Choice and Structural Determinism
4. Gender, Power, and Violence: Exploring the Organizations behind Female Suicide Bombings
5. Global Power, Knowledge, and the Politics of Difference in the Representations of Female Suicide Bombings
6. Counter terrorism, Gender, and Human Security
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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