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This book provides an empirical study of women's violence in global politics. The book looks at military women who engage in torture; the Chechen 'Black Widows '; Middle Eastern suicide bombers; and the women who directed and participated in genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda. Sjoberg & Gentry analyze the biological, psychological and sexualized stereotypes through which these women are conventionally depicted, arguing that these are rooted in assumptions about what is "appropriate" female behavior.

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Author

Sjoberg, Laura, 1979-

Publisher

Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781848137370

Category

politics

Subjects

Political Science, Science, Gender Studies

Updated

2026-03-24