Laura Sjoberg (Editor)
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.
Caron E. Gentry (Editor)
CARON E. GENTRY is a lecturer at the School of International
Relations, University of St. Andrews. She is the author of Offering
Hospitality: Questioning Christian Approaches to War and, with
Laura Sjoberg, coauthor of Mothers, Monsters, Whores: Women's
Violence in Global Politics, and coeditor of Women, Gender, and
Terrorism (Georgia).
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"
Laura Sjoberg, Caron Gentry and their deeply informed contributors
dismantle the exoticized stereotype of the woman terrorist by
revealing the complex dynamics between women, ideas about
femininity, insurgencies and violence. This provocative collection
will be of genuine value to anyone trying to be smart about gender,
conflict, media and political mobilization.--Cynthia Enloe "author
of Nimo's War, Emma's War: Making Feminist Sense of the Iraq War"
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