Honour, violence, women and Islam / edited by Mohammad Mazher Idriss and Tahir Abbas.
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TextSeries: A GlassHouse bookPublisher: Abingdon, Oxfordshire ; New York : Routledge, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Description: viii, 242 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780415565424; 0415565421; 9780203846988; 0203846982; 9780415697798 (paperback); 0415697794Subject(s): Honor killings -- Great Britain | Honor -- Religious aspects -- Islam | Violence -- Religious aspects -- Islam | Muslim women -- Violence against -- Great Britain | Women -- Violence against -- Great Britain | Ehrenmord | Islam | femme -- honneur -- islam -- violence -- études diverses | crime -- femme -- honneur -- islam -- études diversesGenre/Form: Readings.DDC classification: 364.152/3 LOC classification: HV6250.4.W65 | H665 2011Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Honour, violence, women and Islam--an introduction / Mohammed Mazher Idriss -- Honour-related violence towards South Asian Muslim women in the UK : a crisis of masculinity and cultural relativism in the context of Islamophobia and the 'war on terror' / Tahir Abbas -- Silencing of women from the Pakistani Muslim Mirpuri community in violent relationships / Zahira Latif -- "There is nothing 'honourable' about honour killings" : gender, violence and the limits of multiculturalism / Veena Meetoo and Heidi Safia Mirza -- Collective crimes, collective victims : a case study of the murder of Banaz Mahmod / Joanne Payton -- Honour and shame in domestic homicide : a critical analysis of the provocation defence / Anna Carline -- Does the Qur'an condone domestic violence? / Sadia Kausar, Sjaad Hussain and Mohammed Mazher Idriss -- Construction of 'honour' in Indian criminal law : an Indian lawyer's perspective / Geeta Ramaseshan -- Men's violence and women's responsibility : mothers' stories about honour violence / Åsa Eldén -- Lack of due diligence : judgements of crimes of honour in Turkey / Leylâ Pervizat -- Comparative study of the reform work conducted in Asia and Europe to combat violence and 'so-called' honour murders / Rana Husseini -- Ending honour crimes in sub-Saharan Africa : looking at a long hard death / Nancy Kaymar Stafford -- Conversations across borders : men and honour-related violence in the UK and Sweden / Suruchi Thapar-Björkert -- Tackling 'crimes of honour' : evaluating the social and legal responses for combating forced marriages in the UK / Samia Bano -- Reconfiguring 'honour'-based violence as a form of gendered violence / Aisha Gill.
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