2018 Outstanding Academic Title, given by Choice Magazine An exploration of twentieth
and twenty-first century US Muslim womanhood that centers the lived experience of women …

Why do women become extremists? To what extent might they have self-agency? This
paper examines the motivations and processes of female radicalization into the so-called …

Within the territorial boundaries of the Islamic State's (IS)'caliphate', women were largely
confined to the domestic sphere. Their roles centred on support to militant husbands and the …

Prior research on female participation in militant organizations explores organizational and
individual factors that influence women's recruitment, and the roles women fulfill. However …

This article draws on the criminological work of Gresham Sykes and David Matza as a
starting point for theorizing the nature and appeal of the western jihadi subculture, defined …

Names: Aggarwal, Neil Krishan, author. Title: Media persuasion in the Islamic State/Neil
Krishan Aggarwal. Description: New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2019.| Includes …

This research delineates the conditions more conducive to the use of female suicide
bombings through a detailed analysis of attacks carried out by Boko Haram. Using a novel …

Abstract In a post-9/11 world, the figure of the female suicide bomber has emerged as a
contentious figure in global discourse. Through the character of Saraswathi, Nayomi …

Scores of studies have explored the news media representation of terrorism in the last ten
years. Much of this scholarship, however, has been from a western perspective, mostly …

Performing Gendered Extremism Page 1 Performing Gendered Extremism: A gender
comparative analysis of women’s roles within violent extremist groups Rosamund VJE Mutton …