Women, gender, and terrorism / edited by Laura Sjoberg and Caron E. Gentry.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sjoberg, Laura, 1979-

Gentry, Caron E.

Series:

Studies in security and international affairs.

Studies in security and international affairs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence in women.

Violence in women--Case studies.

Political violence.

World politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. Throughout most of the twentieth century, it was rare to hear about women terrorists. In the new millennium, however, women have increasƯingly taken active roles in carrying out suicide bombings, hijacking airƯplanes, and taking hostages in such places as Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Lebanon, and Chechnya. These women terrorists have been the subject of a substantial amount of media and scholarly attention, but the analysis of women, gender, and terrorism has been sparse and riddled with stereotypical thinking about women's capabilities and motivations. In the first section of this volume, contributors offer an overview of women's participation in and relationships with contemporary terrorism, and a historical chapter traces their involvement in the politics and conflicts of Islamic societies. The next section includes empirical and theoretical analysis of terrorist movements in Chechnya, Kashmir, Palestine, and Sri Lanka. The third section turns to women's involvement in al Qaeda and includes critical interrogations of the gendered media and the scholarly presentations of those women. The conclusion offers ways to further explore the subject of gender and terrorism based on the contributions made to the volume. Contributors to Women, Gender, and Terrorism expand our understanding of terrorism, one of the most troubling and complicated facets of the modern world.

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-30367-1

9786613303677

0-8203-4130-4

OCLC:

761716456