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In honor of Fadime : murder and shame /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wikan, Unni, 1944-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Edition:Rev. and extended, partly rewritten version.
Subjects:
Sahindal, Fadime.
Honor killings > Sweden.
Family violence > Sweden.
Kurds > Sweden.
Online Access:Table of contents only
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Table of 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 and 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 Lørenskog murder : rethinking honor
  • The man in the woods
  • The mother
  • Speaking in parliament
  • Integration
  • At stake : a perception of humanity
  • Longing for the family.