Description: In the new millennium, women have increasingly taken active roles in carrying out suicide bombings, hijacking air-planes, and taking hostages. Women, Gender, and Terrorism explores women's relationship with terrorism, with a keen eye on the political, gender, racial, and cultural dynamics of the contemporary world.
Brief description: LAURA SJOBERG is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Florida. She is the editor or author of numerous books including Gender, Justice, and the Wars in Iraq: A Feminist Reformulation of Just War Theory.
Review Quotes:
An important book featuring the leading experts in the field, Women, Gender, and Terrorism goes beyond the rhetoric, stereotypes, and news headlines to provide the most comprehensive account of female militants available. With diverse case studies, unique first-person interviews, and thoughtful feminist analysis, the authors of this volume offer a wealth of information on the motivations, strategies, and impacts of female militants. This work disrupts several age-old stereotypes associated with 'what women do' during war and social movements including the idea of the inherently peaceful and nurturing woman, and the assumption of females as perpetual victims of male violence. Women, Gender, and Terrorism is undeniably groundbreaking, making an invaluable contribution to the literature on war, militarism, and terrorism.
--Megan MacKenzie "Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney and Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard University"