This book offers an evaluation of female suicide bombers through postcolonial, Third World, feminist, and human-rights framework, drawing on case studies from conflicts in Palestine, Sri Lanka, and Chechnya, among others.

V.G. Julie Rajan is Visiting Assistant Professor at Rutgers University in Women's and Gender Studies, and has a PhD in Comparative Literature.

Introduction: The Phenomenon of Women Bombers 1. Mad, Suicidal, and Mentally Challenged 2. The Female Body: Sexuality, Disease, and Contagion 3. 'The Woman Question': Women Bombers as Victims 4. Fabricating the Female Martyr: The Palestinian Case 5. Mothers and the Nation