RT Book
T1 Female suicide bombings: a critical gender approach
A1 Narozhna, Tanya 1976-
A1 Knight, W. Andy 1954-
A2 Knight, W. Andy 1954-
LA English
PP Toronto Buffalo London
PB University of Toronto Press
YR 2016
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/864296037
AB "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."--
AB "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."--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HV6431
SN 1-4875-0007-6
SN 1-4875-2004-2
SN 978-1-4875-0007-8
SN 978-1-4875-2004-5
K1 Women suicide bombers
K1 Women terrorists
K1 Terrorism : Social aspects
K1 Terrorism : Political aspects
K1 Feminism
K1 Aufsatzsammlung
K1 Terroristin : Selbstmordattentäterin