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| Other authors / contributors: | Knight, W. Andy, author.
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| ISBN: | 9781487510121
1487510128
9781487520045
1487520042
9781487500078
1487500076
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 2, 2016).
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| 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."--
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| Other form: | Print version: Narozhna, Tanya, 1976- Female suicide bombings. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2016] 9781487520045 1487520042
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