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Autore |
Eck Clementine van <1965-> |
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Titolo |
Purified by blood : honour killings amongst Turks in the Netherlands / / Clementine van Eck |
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Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2003 |
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Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , [2002] |
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©2003 |
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ISBN |
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9786610958740 |
9781280958748 |
128095874X |
9789048505050 |
9048505054 |
9780585495347 |
0585495343 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Vendetta - Netherlands |
Turks - Netherlands - Social life and customs |
Social problems - Netherlands |
Vendetta (Islamic law) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published in Dutch as Door bloed gezuiverd: eerwraak bij Turken in Nederland, in 2001 by Bakker, Amsterdam. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-300) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Honour and honour killing -- 2. The victim -- 3. The honour killer -- 4. Marriage and elopement -- 5. More case studies -- 6. Alternatives to honour killing -- 7. Why an honour killing? -- Conclusion -- Appendix I. More case studies from the court records -- Appendix II. Case studies from Bitlis province -- Appendix III. The Turkish Criminal Code (TCK) and honour killing -- Notes -- Literature -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Honor killings-murders carried out to cleanse tarnished family honor or chastity-have long been reported as significant problems in the heart of the Muslim world. It is also a widely known phenomenon in Turkey, |
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where an average of six such killings is reported per month, and with Turkish migration to Western Europe since the 1960's, these murders have been reported in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Sweden, and Denmark. Clementine van Eck's incisive study examines twenty such murders committed in the Netherlands, focusing particular attention on the social factors that play a role in the decision to commit an honor killing. |
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