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Women in the crossfire : understanding and ending honor killing / Robert Paul Churchill.

Summary:

"Women in the Crossfire presents a thorough examination of honor killing, an ages-old social practice through which women are trapped and subjected to terror and deadly violence as consequences of the evolution of dysfunctional patriarchal structures and competition among men for domination. To understand the practice of honor killing, its root causes, and possibilities for protection and prevention, Robert Paul Churchill considers the issues from a variety of perspectives: epistemic, anthropological, sociological, cultural, ethical, historical, and psychological. He makes use of original research by analyzing a database of honor killing cases, published here for the first time." -- Publisher's description

Record details

ISBN: 9780190468569
ISBN: 0190468564
Physical Description: xiv, 334 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Publisher: New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. First steps toward understanding honor killing -- 2. Empirical research on honor killing -- 3. Social realities of honor -- 4. Socialization, gender, and violence-prone personality -- 5. Warrior masculinity and female victimization -- 6. Cultural evolution of honor killing -- 7. Providing protection and leveraged reform -- 8. Moral transformation: taking honor out of honor killing -- 9. Moral transformation: sustainability and community ownership.