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" Women, gender, and terrorism / "
edited by Laura Sjoberg and Caron E. Gentry
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BL
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636986
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Women, gender, and terrorism /\ edited by Laura Sjoberg and Caron E. Gentry
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| Series Statement
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Studies in security and international affairs
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xv, 250 pages ;; 24 cm
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9780820335834
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: 0820335835
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: 9780820340388
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: 0820340383
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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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
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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
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Violence in women
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Violence in women, Case studies
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Political violence
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World politics
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| Dewey Classification
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303.6/25082
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HQ1233.W593 2011
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Sjoberg, Laura,1979-
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Gentry, Caron E
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