Gender-based explosions the nexus between muslim masculinities, jihadist islamism and terrorism

Aslam, Maleeha

Gender-based explosions the nexus between muslim masculinities, jihadist islamism and terrorism - Tokyo United Nation University 2012 - xviii,316p.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-304) and index.

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.

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Masculinity--Islamic countries.
Masculinity--Islam.--Religious aspects
Masculinity--Pakistan.
Muslim men--Pakistan--Islāmābād.
Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.
Islam and politics.
Jihad.

HQ1090.7.I74 / A87 2012

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