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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.-- Mapping The Framework : Key Terms And Concepts -- The History Of Modern Female Suicide Bombings : Contextualizing Acts Of Violence -- Female Suicide Bombings : Between Agential Choice A

Author

Tanya Narozhna; W. Andy Knight

Publisher

University of Toronto Press; University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781487520045

Subjects

Islam, History, Sociology

Updated

2026-03-24