In honor of Fadime [electronic resource] : murder and shame / Unni Wikan ; translated by Anna Paterson
- Author:
- Wikan, Unni, 1944-
- Uniform Title:
- For ærens skyld. English
- Published:
- Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
- Edition:
- Revised and extended, partly rewritten version.
- Physical Description:
- 305 p. ; 22 cm.
- Access Online:
- serialssolutions.com
- Restrictions on Access:
- License restrictions may limit access.
- Contents:
- Fadime, in remembrance -- Sara: "too Swedish" for a right to live -- Pela, or history repeats itself -- What is honor? -- The cross-cultural context of honor killing -- Virginity, virility, and honor -- At a trial -- Little sister, thirteen years old -- A mother's story -- Naive or primitive? -- Strength born from grief -- Intermission : honor in the courtroom -- Nadia's case : another question of honor --The Zedini case : was honor at stake? -- The Lörenskog murder : rethinking honor -- The man in the woods -- The mother -- Speaking in parliament -- Integration -- At stake : a perception of humanity -- Longing for a family.
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- ISBN:
- 9780226896861 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226896862 (cloth : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references.
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