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Tanya Narozhna - Female Suicide Bombings: A Critical Gender Approach - 9781487500078 - V9781487500078
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Female Suicide Bombings: A Critical Gender Approach

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Description for Female Suicide Bombings: A Critical Gender Approach Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFFE; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 299 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.

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.

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
542 g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781487500078
SKU
V9781487500078
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Ref
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About Tanya Narozhna
Tanya Narozhna is an Associate Professor of Global Politics at the University of Winnipeg. W. Andy Knight is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta.

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