Honor and the Political Economy of Marriage: Violence Against Women in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

by Joanne Payton

Book Overview

'Honor' is used as a justification for violence perpetrated against women and girls considered to have violated social taboos related to sexual behavior. Several 'honor'-based murders of Kurdish women, such as Fadime Sahindal, Banaz Mahmod and Du'a Khalil Aswad, and campaigns against 'honor'-based violence by Kurdish feminists have drawn international attention to this phenomenon within Kurdish communities.

Honor and the Political Economy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978801718
• ISBN13: 9781978801714
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher