Gender And The Political: Deconstructing The Female Terrorist

Gender and the Political This page intentionally left blank Gender and the Political Deconstructing the Female Terrorist Amanda Third gender and the political Copyright © Amanda Third, 2014. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2013 978-1-137-40275-2 All rights reserved. First published in 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-48680-9 ISBN 978-1-137-40276-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137402769 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Third, Amanda, 1972– Gender and the political:deconstructing the female terrorist/Amanda Third. pages cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Women terrorists. 2. Terrorism. HV6431.T56687 2014 363.325082—dc23 3. Feminism. I. Title. 2014015561 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by SPi Global. First edition: October 2014 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Dimitris Vardoulakis This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgmentsix Introduction1 9 1 Conceptualizing Terrorism 27 2 Constructing the Terrorist: The Threat from Within 3 Feminist Terrorists and Terrorist Feminists: 53 The Crosswiring of Feminism with Terrorism 71 4 Terrorist Time: Terrorism’s Disruption of Modernity 5 Conjuring the Apocalypse: Radical Feminism, Apocalyptic 91 Temporality, and the Society for Cutting Up Men 6 Abjecting Whiteness: “The Movement,” Radical 119 Feminism, and Genocide 7 Nuclear Terrorists: Patricia Hearst and the (Feminist) Terrorist Family 139 Postscript169 Notes173 Bibliography207 Index221 This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgments In a project that has spanned more than a decade, there have been countless shows of support for which I am enormously grateful. My sincere thanks go: To Jon Stratton and Ron Blaber, who helped me to conceive this project and supported the journey that unfolded. To colleagues who have facilitated the publication and presentation of this work: Stathis Gourgouris, Neni Panourgia, Jeremy Varon, Peg Birmingham, Rosie Cox, Nickianne Moody, Shelley Godsland, Diane Negra, Carole Ferrier, Susanna Scarparo, Katrina Schlunke, Elizabeth Presa, Jill Carrick, Paul Magee, Cesare Casarino, Amy Kaminsky, and Karen Dubinsky. To friends and colleagues who have provided valuable feedback on the work as it progressed: Joke Hermes, Jane Stadler, Kelli Fuery, Anne McGuire, Barbara Caine, Maryanne Dever, Margaret Henderson, Alison Bartlett, Ina Kerner, Natalya Lusty, Tania Lewis, Ned Rossiter, Angi Buettner, Michael Goddard, Zenon Banachowski, Nina Philadelphoff-Puren, Sharon Pickering, Janemaree Maher, Jo Lindsay, Rebecca do Rozario, Ann-Louise Shapiro, Helena Grehan, Richard Johnson, and Rocky Jones. To senior colleagues who have helped me secure the forms of institutional support necessary to complete this book: Ien Ang, Peter Hutchings, Greg Noble, Gar Jones, Andrew Cheetham, Bev Thiele, Gail Phillips, Geoff Craig, Stephi Hemelryk-Donald, and Chris Smyth. To family, friends and colleagues who provided love, injections of humor, and timely reality checks: Bob Third, Jo Third, Cameron Third, Sally Pinder, Katie Third, Bas de Jong, William St