Miranda Alison

Women and Political Violence

Female Combatants in Ethno-National Conflict

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Produktbeschreibung

Challenges the stereotype that women are inherently peaceable by examining female combatants' involvement in ethno-national conflicts. Drawing upon empirical case studies of Sri Lanka and Northern Ireland, this study explores the ways in which women have traditionally been depicted.

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This major new book directly challenges the stereotype that women are inherently peaceable by examining female combatants in ethno-national conflicts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 603g
• ISBN-13: 9780415363136
• ISBN-10: 0415363136
• Artikelnr.: 31081150

Autorenporträt

Miranda H. Alison is Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations at the University of Warwick. She completed her PhD at Queen's University, Belfast.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction. 2: Overview of Armed Conflict In Sri Lanka And Northern
Ireland. 3: Theorizing Women-And-Peace, Nationalism And Female Combatants
Feminism(s) and Peace. 4: Enlistment of Women In Paramilitary Organizations
in Sri Lanka And Northern Ireland. 5: Women's Experiences In The Ltte In
Sri Lanka: Gender Relations And Feminist Nationalism. 6: Women's
Experiences in Paramilitary Organizations In Northern Ireland: Gender
Relations And Feminist Nationalism. 7: Conclusions and Reflections.
Appendix: Interviewees/Participants. Bibliography.