Suicide bombing as acts of deathly citizenship? A critical double-layered inquiry

Critical Studies on Terrorism

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-163

  Lee, Charles T ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acts; Agency; Citizenship; Cultural; Palestine; Political; Script; Subculture; Suicide bombing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009930827     PISSN: 17539153     EISSN: 17539161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17539150903010236     Document Type: Article

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