Artikel
Interrogating cultural narratives about "honour"-based violence
Verfasst von:
Gill, Aisha K.
[weitere]
in:
The European journal of women's studies
London [u.a.]:
2014
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72 - 86 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Ariadne | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Gill, Aisha K.; Brah, Avtar info |
| In: | The European journal of women's studies |
| Jahr: | 2014 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| On 3 August 2012, Shafilea Ahmed’s parents were convicted of her murder, nine years after the brutal ‘honour’ killing. The case offers important insights into how ‘honour’-based violence might be tackled without constructing non-Western cultures as inherently uncivilised. Critiquing the framing devices that structure British debates about ‘honour’-based violence demonstrates the prevalence of Orientalist tropes, revealing the need for new ways of thinking about culture that do not reify it or treat it as a singular entity that can only be tackled in its entirety; instead, it is important to recognise that cultures consist of multiple, intersecting signifying practices that are continually ‘creolising’. Thus, rather than talking purely about culture, debates on ‘honour’-based violence should explore the intersection of culture with gender and other axes of differentiation and inequality. | |
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