Disordered violence : how gender, race and heteronormativity structure terrorism / Caron E. Gentry.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gentry, Caron E.

Series:

Advances in critical military studies.

Advances in critical military studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism.

Terrorism--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 208 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Disordered Violence looks at how gender, race and heteronormative expectations of public life shape Western understandings of terrorism as irrational, immoral and illegitimate. Caron Gentry examines the profiles of 8 well-known terrorist actors and looks at the gendered, racial, and sexualised assumptions in how their stories are told.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Introduction: Welcome to the Grey

CHAPTER 1 The Structural Signifi cation of Terrorism

CHAPTER 2 Intersecting Terrorism Studies

CHAPTER 3 Strange Bedfellows: What Happens When We Ask the Other Question?

CHAPTER 4 Ir/rationality: Radicalisation, ‘Black Extremism’ and Prevent Tragedies

CHAPTER 5 What Does Not Get Counted: Misogynistic Terrorism

Conclusion: Disordered Violence

INDEX

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Sep 2020).

ISBN:

1-4744-8057-8

1-4744-2481-3

1-4744-2482-1

OCLC:

1306540794