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Honour-based violence : experiences and counter-strategies in Iraqi Kurdistan and the UK Kurdish diaspora / Nazand Begikhani, Aisha K. Gill, Gill Hague.
Van Pelt Library HV6250.4.W65 B435 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Begikhani, Nazand, 1964- author.
- Gill, Aisha K., author.
- Hague, Gill, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Honor killings--Iraq--Kurdistān.
- Honor killings.
- Women--Violence against--Iraq--Kurdistān.
- Women.
- Women's rights--Iraq--Kurdistān.
- Women's rights.
- Patriarchy--Iraq--Kurdistān.
- Patriarchy.
- Kurdish diaspora.
- Kurds--Relocation--Great Britain.
- Kurds.
- Kurds--Relocation.
- Women--Violence against.
- Great Britain.
- Iraq--Kurdistān.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 189 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2015]
- Contents:
- Understanding and challenging "honour"-based violence
- Defining and responding to "honour"-based violence and patriarchal social relations
- The context : Iraqi Kurdistan region
- The nature of HBV and women's voices from Iraqi Kurdistan
- Media representation of honour-based violence
- Honour crimes and Kurdish women in the diaspora
- Issues for law, policy and practice in Iraqi Kurdistan
- Conclusions : moving forward.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781409421900
- 1409421902
- OCLC:
- 903873164
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