Honor and Violence Against Women in Iraqi Kurdistan

2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-36700-6
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 190 Seiten, Format (B × H): 147 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

This book examines violence against women in the name of honor in Iraqi Kurdistan, taking an intersectional perspective. It reveals the links between destructive, state-sanctioned honor discourse and notions of manhood as they are shaped by a resistance culture dedicated to the struggle against ethnic oppression.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alinia, M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Locating the Book 2. Framing the Historical and Political Context of Oppression and Resistance in Iraqi Kurdistan 3. Intersecting Oppression and the Multiplex of Violence against Women 4. Policing Patriarchy: Honour, Violence, and Manhood 5. Women Opposing Violence: Room for Resistance and Spaces of Empowerment 6. Forced or Arranged Marriage and Women's Responses 7. Suicide as Protest 8. Concluding Remarks

Über Autor(innen)

Minoo Alinia is Associate Professor of Sociology at Hugo Valentin Centre, Uppsala University, Sweden and a teacher at Uppsala University's National Centre for Studies of Men's Violence Against Women.