Gender-based explosions the nexus between Muslim masculinities, jihadist Islamism and terrorism /

Main Author: Aslam, Maleeha.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tokyo : United Nations University Press, 2012.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10752395
Table of Contents:
  • Framing the global chaos: an overview
  • The global jihadist movement
  • Terrorism and counterterrorism: an overview of current strategies
  • Islam, masculinities and performance
  • Gender theory
  • Islamic masculinities
  • Muslim masculinities
  • Pakistani masculinities and vulnerable social groups in the age of terror: a pilot study of Muslim men in Islamabad, aged 18-40
  • Research setting: contextualizing the pilot study on Pakistani masculinities
  • Self-image, social expectations and pressures
  • Muslim masculinities in the age of terror
  • Muslim masculinities, militant-jihadist Islamism and suicide terrorism
  • Islamism, terrorism and "the vulnerable" in society
  • Analysis of the pilot study.