"Honour" : crimes, paradigms, and violence against women / / edited by Lynn Welchman and Sara Hossain |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Zed Books, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (399 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.83 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WelchmanLynn
HossainSara |
Soggetto topico |
Women - Violence against
Women - Legal status, laws, etc Honor killings Honor - Social aspects Patriarchy |
ISBN |
1-350-22062-0
1-84813-698-6 1-281-25898-9 9786611258986 1-84813-102-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | United Nations, approaches to 'crimes of honour' / Jane Connors -- 'Crimes of honour', value and meaning / Purna Sen -- The role of 'community discourse' in combating 'crimes of honour' : preliminary assessment and prospects / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im -- 'Honour killings' and the law in Pakistan / Sohail Akbar Warraich -- Murders of women in Lebanon : 'crimes of honour' between reality and the law / Danielle Hoyek, Rafif Rida Sidawi, and Amira Abou Mrad -- 'Crimes of honour' as violence against women in Egypt / Centre for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance -- Researching women's victimisation in Palestine : a socio-legal analysis / Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian -- Culture, national minority, and the state : working against the 'crime of family honour' within the Palestinian community in Israel / Aida Touma-Sliman -- Changing the rules? Developments on 'crimes of honour' in Jordan / Reem Abu Hassan and Lynn Welchman -- Honour-based violence among the Kurds : the case of Iraqi Kurdistan / Nazand Begikhani -- 'Crimes of honour' in the Italian penal code : an analysis of history and reform / Maria Gabriella Bettiga-Boukerbout -- The 'legitimate defence of honour', or murder with impunity? A critical study of legislation and case law in Latin America / Silvia Pimentel, Valéria Pandjiarjian, and Juliana Belloque -- 'There is no "honour" in domestic violence, only shame!" Women's struggles against 'honour' crimes in the UK / Hannana Siddiqui -- Of consent and contradiction : forced marriages in Bangladesh / Dina M. Siddiqi -- From fathers to husbands : of love, death, and marriage in North India / Uma Chakravarti -- Tackling forced marriages in the Nordic countries : between women's rights and immigration control / Anja Bredal. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910170971003321 |
London ; ; New York, : Zed Books, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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"Honour" : crimes, paradigms, and violence against women / / edited by Lynn Welchman and Sara Hossain |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (399 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.83 |
Soggetto topico |
Women - Violence against
Women - Legal status, laws, etc Honor killings Honor - Social aspects Patriarchy Gender studies: women |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-350-22062-0
1-84813-698-6 1-281-25898-9 9786611258986 1-84813-102-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | United Nations, approaches to 'crimes of honour' / Jane Connors -- 'Crimes of honour', value and meaning / Purna Sen -- The role of 'community discourse' in combating 'crimes of honour' : preliminary assessment and prospects / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im -- 'Honour killings' and the law in Pakistan / Sohail Akbar Warraich -- Murders of women in Lebanon : 'crimes of honour' between reality and the law / Danielle Hoyek, Rafif Rida Sidawi, and Amira Abou Mrad -- 'Crimes of honour' as violence against women in Egypt / Centre for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance -- Researching women's victimisation in Palestine : a socio-legal analysis / Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian -- Culture, national minority, and the state : working against the 'crime of family honour' within the Palestinian community in Israel / Aida Touma-Sliman -- Changing the rules? Developments on 'crimes of honour' in Jordan / Reem Abu Hassan and Lynn Welchman -- Honour-based violence among the Kurds : the case of Iraqi Kurdistan / Nazand Begikhani -- 'Crimes of honour' in the Italian penal code : an analysis of history and reform / Maria Gabriella Bettiga-Boukerbout -- The 'legitimate defence of honour', or murder with impunity? A critical study of legislation and case law in Latin America / Silvia Pimentel, Valéria Pandjiarjian, and Juliana Belloque -- 'There is no "honour" in domestic violence, only shame!" Women's struggles against 'honour' crimes in the UK / Hannana Siddiqui -- Of consent and contradiction : forced marriages in Bangladesh / Dina M. Siddiqi -- From fathers to husbands : of love, death, and marriage in North India / Uma Chakravarti -- Tackling forced marriages in the Nordic countries : between women's rights and immigration control / Anja Bredal. |
Altri titoli varianti | Honor |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996208206803316 |
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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