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Author Herath, Tamara.

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

Publication Info. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (242 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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Subject Tamiḻīḻa Viṭutalaippulikaḷ (Association)
Tamiḻīḻa Viṭutalaippulikaḷ (Association)
Tamiḻīḻa Viṭutalaippulikaḷ (Association)
Women terrorists -- Sri Lanka -- Biography.
Women terrorists.
Sri Lanka.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Sri Lanka -- History.
History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books -- Biography -- History.
History.
Electronic books -- Biography -- History.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Herath, Tamara. Women in terrorism. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2012 9788132106951 (DLC) 2011049067 (OCoLC)758395124
ISBN 9788132109389 (electronic book)
8132109384 (electronic book)
9788132106951
8132106954