Female suicide bombers
Auteur :
Skaine, Rosemarie
Éditeur :
McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN :
9780786426157
Date de publication :
9 mars 2006
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,2 cm
Poids :
318 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Discusses the history of suicide bombing and profiles the female suicide bomber. This work raises the question of why women are used as bombers and explores the Western societal biases that tend to cast women in nonviolent roles. Battlegrounds discussed include Lebanon, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Chechnya, and Israel and Palestine.