Gender-based explosions
Subtitle: the nexus between Muslim masculinities, jihadist Islamism and terrorism
By: Maleeha Aslam
Publisher: United Nations University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9789280812084
Subjects: Muslim men; Islam and politics; Masculinity; Jihad; Terrorism; Islam
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Framing the global chaos: an overview; title: The global jihadist movement; title: Terrorism and counterterrorism: an overview of current strategies; title: Islam, masculinities and performance; title: Gender theory; title: Islamic masculinities; title: Muslim masculinities; title: Pakistani masculinities and vulnerable social groups in the age of terror: a pilot study of Muslim men in Islamabad, aged 18-40; title: Research setting: contextualizing the pilot study on Pakistani masculinities; title: Self-image, social expectations and pressures; title: Muslim masculinities in the age of terror; title: Muslim masculinities, militant-jihadist Islamism and suicide terrorism; title: Islamism, terrorism and "the vulnerable" in society; title: Analysis of the pilot study.