Female Suicide Bombings A Critical Gender Approach

Tanya Narozhna, "Female Suicide Bombings: A Critical Gender Approach"
English | ISBN: 1487520042 | 2016 | 280 pages | PDF | 14 MB
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.