In honor of Fadime [electronic resource] : murder and shame / Unni Wikan ; translated by Anna Paterson.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Summary language: Swedish Publication details: Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 2008.Edition: Revised and extended, partly rewritten versionDescription: 305 pUniform titles:
  • For �rens skyld. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 306.87 22
LOC classification:
  • HV6197.S8 W5513 2008eb
Online resources:
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 L�orenskog 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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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 L�orenskog 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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