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Disordered Violence: How Gender, Race and Heteronormativity Structure Terrorism (Advances in Critical Military Studies) - Softcover

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Gentry, Caron

 
9781474491891: Disordered Violence: How Gender, Race and Heteronormativity Structure Terrorism (Advances in Critical Military Studies)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1474491898 ISBN 13: 9781474491891
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2021

Synopsis

A feminist interrogation of how terrorism is constructed as a violence that upsets the order of international politics. This book looks at how gender, race, and heteronormative expectations of public life shape Western understandings of terrorism as irrational, immoral and illegitimate. It looks at the profiles of eight well-known terrorist actors, looking for gendered, racial, and sexualised assumptions in how their stories are told. Additionally, it interrogates how the current counterterrorism focus upon radicalisation is another way of constructing terrorists outside of the Western ideal. Finally, the book argues that mainstream Terrorism Studies must contend with the growing misogynist and racialised violence against women.

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About the Author

Caron Gentry is a Professor in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. Dr Gentry has previously authored and edited several books as well as publishing articles in journals including International Relations, Millennium, International Feminist Journal of Politics and Critical Studies on Terrorism.

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Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1474491898
ISBN 13 
9781474491891
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
216