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040			_aES-MaBCA _cES-MaBCA
100			_915489 _aBianchi, Kendall
245			_aLetters from Home _hRecurso electrónico [PDF] _b: Hezbollah Mothers and the Culture of Martyrdom
260			_bCTCSentinel _cFeb. 2018
300			_aRecurso online, 5 p.
520			_aHezbollah’s culture of martyrdom has helped sustain the organization’s manpower needs since the organization’s founding. A critical question, however, is how the group communicates this narrative to its base, especially given recent challenges to the group’s legitimacy as a result of its intervention in Syria. The ‘Party of God’s’ online content reveals that it does so in part by using the mothers of martyred fighters to promote the culture of martyrdom. Mothers possess unique access in society due to their ability to shape the minds of the next generation. As a result, Hezbollah uses their voices to amplify its propaganda in a way that resonates with the group’s following. Signs of tension between the party and these women, however, could pose challenges to this strategy in the future.
610		0	_95418 _aHezbollah
650		0	_91747 _aTerrorismo suicida
650		0	_915490 _aMartirio
651		0	_91493 _aSiria
773			_aCTC Sentinel _g. -- Vol. 11 Issue 2 (Feb. 2018) p. 20-25. _iEn : _tCTC Sentinel _w4458
856			_uhttps://ctc.usma.edu/letters-home-hezbollah-mothers-culture-martyrdom/
942			_2udc _cAN
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