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Exploring honour killings through literature : an investigation of motivations for honour killings

Saltik, Berivan, Moore, LindseyLancaster University2016

This thesis argues that the complex attributes of honour killings delineated in literary works can guide us to have a better understanding of honour killings as a social phenomenon. Literature vividly conceptualises the complex web of relations between individual and society while narrating actions …

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The news coverage of honour killings in Canadian newspapers

Vatandoost, NeginUniversity of Ontario Institute of Technology2012

The issue of honour killings has become a prominent topic of discussion in the Western discourse of violence against immigrant women. In Canada, particularly, the recent high-profile cases of honour killings have drawn increased attention from the media, academics and the public. The prevalent …

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Can we balance (both) justice for the victim and cultural sensitivity in honour killings of women with the use of cultural defence? : an analysis of honour killings and the cultural defence using legal, legal-philosophical and sociological lenses

Politi Mourkousi, F.2024

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Daughters of Eve : violence against women in Pakistan

Noor, Muhammad Jehanzeb, 1982-Massachusetts Institute of Technology2004

… violence every year, horrific crimes such as honour killings, acid burnings and marital rape are also quite common. There are several absurd practices such as exchanging of women to settle tribal disputes and selling them to payoff debt, which depict the treatment of women as commodities. The …

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Violence against Women in Kashmir: Personal and Political

Rashid, MantashaUniversity of Westminster2022

… violence (like murders, domestic abuse, honour killings) and out-community violence (rapes by armed forces, exclusive electoral and separatist politics), as well as Standpoint theory (exploring lived experience as a basis of new knowledge). A key strength, and yet also a limitation, of …

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Alcuni riflessi penalistici dell'"enigma multiculturale": considerazioni in tema di cause di giustificazione, scusanti e funzioni della pena.

Sella, ChiaraUniversità degli studi di Trento2010

… delle quattro fattispecie di reato scelte (honour killings, modificazioni degli organi genitali, maltrattamenti violenti ed accattonaggio) non sia stata fine a se stessa, ma volta a dimostrare come nel grande contenitore dell'illecito culturale e dell'omologazione nascente dalla stessa …

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