"Honour" killing and violence theory, policy and practice / edited by Aisha K. Gill, University of Roehampton, UK, Carolyn Strange, Australian National University, Australia and Karl Roberts, University of Western Sydney, Australia.
| Other author | Gill, Aisha K. |
| Other author | Strange, Carolyn, 1959- |
| Other author | Roberts, Karl Anton. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. |
| Description | xx, 244 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : 'Honour' and 'honour'-based violence : challenging common assumptions / Aisha K. Gill -- Domestic violence or cultural tradition? : Approaches to 'honour killing' as species and subspecies in English legal practice / Rupa Reddy -- Adjusting the lens of honour-based violence : perspectives from Euro-American history / Carolyn Strange -- Towards a psychologically oriented motivational model of honour-based violence / Karl Roberts -- Honour as familial value / Johanna Bond -- (Dis)honour, death and duress in the courtroom / Jocelynne A. Scutt -- Ordinary v. other violence? : Conceptualising honour-based violence in Scandinavian public policies / Anja Bredal -- 'If there were no khaps [...] everything will go haywire [...] young boys and girls will start marrying into the same gotra' : understanding khap-directed 'honour killings' in northern India / Suruchi Thapar-Björkert -- 'All they think about is honour' : the murder of Shafilea Ahmed / Aisha K. Gill -- Same problem, different solutions : the case of 'honour killing' in Germany and Britain / Selen A. Ercan -- 'No place in Canada' : triumphant discourses, murdered women and the 'honour crime' / Dana M. Olwan. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014018710 |
| ISBN | 9781137289544 hardback : alk. paper |
| ISBN | 1137289546 hardback : alk. paper |
| ISBN | 9781137289551 paperback : alk. paper |
| ISBN | 1137289554 paperback : alk. paper |
| Standard identifier# | 40023904174 |
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