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Purified by blood : honour killings amongst Turks in the Netherlands / Clementine van Eck.
Van Pelt Library HV6453.N4 E27513 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eck, Clementine van, 1965-
- Standardized Title:
- Door bloed gezuiverd. English
- Language:
- Dutch
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vendetta--Netherlands.
- Vendetta.
- Turks--Netherlands--Social life and customs.
- Turks.
- Social problems--Netherlands.
- Social problems.
- Vendetta (Islamic law).
- Manners and customs.
- Netherlands.
- Physical Description:
- 303 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2003]
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Dutch.
- Summary:
- 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, where an average of six such killings is reported per month, and with Turkish migration to Western Europe since the 1960s, 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-300) and index.
- Originally published in Dutch as Door bloed gezuiverd: eerwraak bij Turken in Nederland, in 2001 by Bakker, Amsterdam.
- ISBN:
- 9053564918
- OCLC:
- 52398948
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