Women in terrorism : case of the LTTE / Tamara Herath.

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Herath, Tamara

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (242 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9788132109389
8132109384

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Women in terrorism.DDC classification:

363.325092/52095493 22

LOC classification:

HV6433.S75 H47 2012eb

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Contents:

Entering a Tiger's Lair -- The Lions and the Tigers : a historical overview of the Sri Lankan conflict and the role of women -- Displacement and contributing factors to joining the ltte -- The Tiger family : kin identity amongst women combatants of the LTTE -- Death and the suicide bomber -- Ah-lu-mai : equality and empowerment of the new woman, Puthumai Pen -- Ending a journey : final reflections -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.

Summary: Women in Terrorism examines the growing number of women actively engaged in terrorist activity and considers the significance of this for theorising gender, conflict and social politics. With that aim, the book studies Tamil women combatants of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), an armed resistance group which is identified as one of the deadliest terrorist groups globally. Drawing on narrative life histories, the book canvasses three decades of ethno-nationalist war in Sri Lanka contributing to a major social change for Tamil women in Jaffna. It identifies the LTTE as providing an '

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Women in Terrorism examines the growing number of women actively engaged in terrorist activity and considers the significance of this for theorising gender, conflict and social politics. With that aim, the book studies Tamil women combatants of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), an armed resistance group which is identified as one of the deadliest terrorist groups globally. Drawing on narrative life histories, the book canvasses three decades of ethno-nationalist war in Sri Lanka contributing to a major social change for Tamil women in Jaffna. It identifies the LTTE as providing an '

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