V G Julie Rajan

Women Suicide Bombers

Narratives of Violence

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers an evaluation of female suicide bombers through postcolonial, Third World, feminist, and human-rights framework, drawing on case studies from conflicts in Palestine, Sri Lanka, and Chechnya, among others.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780415552257
• ISBN-10: 0415552257
• Artikelnr.: 27869886

Autorenporträt

V.G. Julie Rajan is Visiting Assistant Professor at Rutgers University in Women's and Gender Studies, and has a PhD in Comparative Literature.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Phenomenon of Women Bombers 1. Mad
Suicidal
and Mentally Challenged 2. The Female Body: Sexuality
Disease
and Contagion 3. 'The Woman Question': Women Bombers as Victims 4. Fabricating the Female Martyr: The Palestinian Case 5. Mothers and the Nation