Women, gender, and terrorism /

Other Authors: Sjoberg, Laura,, Gentry, Caron E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2011.
Series:Studies in security and international affairs.
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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.