ISBN: 9780415827966

This book explores women's militant activities in insurgent wars and seeks to understand what women do' in wars. In International Relations, inter-state conflict, anti-state armed insurg… Mehr…

This book explores women's militant activities in insurgent wars and seeks to understand what women do' in wars. In International Relations, inter-state conflict, anti-state armed insurgency and armed militancy are essentially seen as wars where collective violence (against civilians and security forces) is used to achieve political objectives. Extending the notion of war as politics of injury' to the armed militancy in Indian administered Kashmir and the Tamil armed insurgency in Sri Lanka, this book explores how women participate in militant wars, and how that politics not only shapes the gendered understandings of women's identities and bodies but is in turn shaped by them. The case studies discussed in the book offer new comparative insight into two different and most prevalent forms of insurgent wars today: religio-political and ethno-nationalist. Empirical analyses of women's roles in the Sri Lankan Tamil militant group, the LTTE and the logistical, ideological support women provide to militant groups active in Indian administered Kashmir suggest that these insurgent wars have their own gender dynamics in recruitment and operational strategies. Thus, Women and Militant Wars provides an excellent insight into the gender politics of these insurgencies and women's roles and experiences within them. This book will be of much interest to students and scholars of critical war and security studies, feminist international relations, gender studies, terrorism and political violence, South Asia studies and IR in general. History History eBook, Taylor and Francis<

ISBN: 9780415827966

Hardback, [PU: Taylor & Francis Ltd], "This book explores women's activities in militant insurgencies and seeks to understand what women 'do' in wars and how that challenges or endorses g… Mehr…

Hardback, [PU: Taylor & Francis Ltd], "This book explores women's activities in militant insurgencies and seeks to understand what women 'do' in wars and how that challenges or endorses gender norms, as the case might be. In mainstream IR, inter-state conflict, anti-state armed insurgency and armed militancy are essentially seen as wars where protracted collective violence (against civilians and security forces) is used to achieve a p, Gender Studies: Women<

ISBN: 9780415827966

No Synopsis Available Women and Militant Wars: The politics of injury, 9780415827966, Book, Textbook Books > History > Africa, Routledge

2014, ISBN: 9780415827966

The politics of injury, Buch, Hardcover, [PU: Routledge], Routledge, 2014

2014, ISBN: 9780415827966

Hardcover, Buch, [PU: Routledge]