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In Honor of Fadime: Murder and Shame by Wikan, Unni
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
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- ISBN
- 9780226896861
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226896862
ISBN-13
9780226896861
eBay Product ID (ePID)
62405990
Product Key Features
Book Title
In Honor of Fadime : Murder and Shame
Number of Pages
314 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Abuse / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Islam / General, Women's Studies
Genre
Family & Relationships, Religion, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
17 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-033557
Reviews
''The problem is over now,'' Fadime''s father said after her death. To which one answer is to place such crimes, as Wikan does, under the prism of multiple, shifting, conflicting points of view, to tell the same story over and over again. In her book, everyone''s version, including the father''s, is told in full., 'The problem is over now,' Fadime's father said after her death. To which one answer is to place such crimes, as Wikan does, under the prism of multiple, shifting, conflicting points of view, to tell the same story over and over again. In her book, everyone's version, including the father's, is told in full., Anna Paterson's idiomatic translation of the voices Wikan excerpts . . . and her own ethnographic observations convey the urgency of both the events and the troubling questions raised by Fadime's life and death., "''The problem is over now,'' Fadime''s father said after her death. To which one answer is to place such crimes, as Wikan does, under the prism of multiple, shifting, conflicting points of view, to tell the same story over and over again. In her book, everyone''s version, including the father''s, is told in full."-Jacqueline Rose, London Review of Books, "[Wikan] plunges the reader into a truly surreal, nightmare world. . . . This is a controlled but harrowing condemnation of an utter anachronism."-The Age (Australia), "Unni Wikan puts tough questions to herself and to her readers in this spellbinding, astonishing and courageous account of her personal journey across moral universes. "In Honor of Fadime" is far more than a eulogy--it is the best case study ever written about the way liberal and illiberal moral communities misunderstand and react to each other in Northern Europe. If murder is defined as a wrongful killing, is an honor killing murder? What precisely makes an honor killing wrong if it is an act of collective defense and a last resort to protect a family from humiliating and socially consequential harms inflicted on it by one of its members? This brilliant book takes us far beyond the 'banality of evil' as we arrive at an eye-opening (even if troubling) comprehension of how a morally decent husband and wife come to feel they have no choice but to kill their daughter."--Richard A. Shweder, University of Chicago -- Richard A. Shweder (01/17/2008), 0;Unni Wikan puts tough questions to herself and to her readers in this spell-binding, astonishing and courageous account of her personal journey across moral universes. "In Honor of Fadime" is far more than a eulogy2;it is the best case study ever written about the way liberal and illiberal moral communities misunderstand and react to each other in Northern Europe. If murder is defined as a wrongful killing, is an honor killing murder? What precisely makes an honor killing wrong if it is an act of collective defense and a last resort to protect a family from humiliating and socially consequential harms inflicted on it by one of its members? This brilliant book takes us far beyond the 6;banality of evil7; as we arrive at an eye-opening (even if troubling) comprehension of how a morally decent husband and wife come to feel they have no choice but to kill their daughter.1;--Richard A. Shweder, University of Chicago -- Richard A. Shweder (01/17/2008), [Wikan] plunges the reader into a truly surreal, nightmare world. . . . This is a controlled but harrowing condemnation of an utter anachronism., "Unni Wikan puts tough questions to herself and to her readers in this spellbinding, astonishing and courageous account of her personal journey across moral universes. In Honor of Fadime is far more than a eulogy-it is the best case study ever written about the way liberal and illiberal moral communities misunderstand and react to each other in Northern Europe. If murder is defined as a wrongful killing, is an honor killing murder? What precisely makes an honor killing wrong if it is an act of collective defense and a last resort to protect a family from humiliating and socially consequential harms inflicted on it by one of its members? This brilliant book takes us far beyond the 'banality of evil' as we arrive at an eye-opening (even if troubling) comprehension of how a morally decent husband and wife come to feel they have no choice but to kill their daughter."--Richard A. Shweder, University of Chicago, "Unni Wikan puts tough questions to herself and to her readers in this spellbinding, astonishing and courageous account of her personal journey across moral universes. In Honor of Fadime is far more than a eulogy--it is the best case study ever written about the way liberal and illiberal moral communities misunderstand and react to each other in Northern Europe. If murder is defined as a wrongful killing, is an honor killing murder? What precisely makes an honor killing wrong if it is an act of collective defense and a last resort to protect a family from humiliating and socially consequential harms inflicted on it by one of its members? This brilliant book takes us far beyond the 'banality of evil' as we arrive at an eye-opening (even if troubling) comprehension of how a morally decent husband and wife come to feel they have no choice but to kill their daughter."--Richard A. Shweder, University of Chicago, Anna Paterson''s idiomatic translation of the voices Wikan excerpts . . . and her own ethnographic observations convey the urgency of both the events and the troubling questions raised by Fadime''s life and death., "[Wikan] plunges the reader into a truly surreal, nightmare world. . . . This is a controlled but harrowing condemnation of an utter anachronism."- The Age (Australia)
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
306.87
Table Of Content
Introduction Part I Swedish Lives 1 Fadime, in Remembrance 2 Sara: "Too Swedish" for a Right to Live 3 Pela, or History Repeats Itself Part II Honor 4 What Is Honor? 5 The Cross-Cultural Context of Honor Killing 6 Virginity, Virility, and Honor Part III Fadime's Case 7 At a Trial 8 Little Sister, Thirteen Years Old 9 A Mother's Story 10 Naive or Primitive? 11 Strength Born from Grief Part IV Norwegian Lives 12 Intermission: Honor in the Courtroom 13 Nadia's Case: Another Question of Honor 14 The Zedini Case: Was Honor at Stake? 15 The Lørenskog Murder: Rethinking Honor Part V The Appeal 16 The Man in the Woods 17 The Mother Part VI The Way Forward 18 Speaking in Parliament 19 Integration 20 At Stake: A Perception of Humanity Part VII Reflections 21 Longing for a Family Afterword Acknowledgments Notes References
Synopsis
In 2002 young Fadime Sahindal was brutally murdered by her own father. She belonged to a family of Kurdish immigrants who had lived in Sweden for almost two decades. But Fadime's relationship with a man outside of their community had deeply dishonored her family, and only her death could remove the stain. This abhorrent crime shocked the world, and her name soon became a rallying cry in the struggle to combat so-called honor killings. Unni Wikan narrates Fadime's heartbreaking story through her own eloquent words, along with the testimonies of her father, mother, and two sisters. What unfolds is a tale of courage and betrayal, loyalty and love, power and humiliation, and a nearly unfathomable clash of cultures. Despite enduring years of threats over her emancipated life, Fadime advocated compassion for her killers to the end, believing them to be trapped by an unyielding code of honor. Wikan puts this shocking event in context by analyzing similar honor killings, which are increasing throughout Europe and have now been reported in Canada and the United States. She also examines the concept of honor in historical and cross-cultural depth, concluding that Islam itself is not to blame--indeed, honor killings occur across religious and ethnic traditions--but rather the way that many cultures have resolutely linked honor with violence. In Honor of Fadime holds profound and timely insights into Islamic culture, but ultimately the heart of this powerful book is Fadime's courageous and tragic story--and Wikan's telling of it is riveting., In 2002 young Fadime Sahindal was brutally murdered by her own father. She belonged to a family of Kurdish immigrants who had lived in Sweden for almost two decades. But Fadime's relationship with a man outside of their community had deeply dishonored her family, and only her death could remove the stain. This abhorrent crime shocked the world, and her name soon became a rallying cry in the struggle to combat so-called honor killings. Unni Wikan narrates Fadime's heartbreaking story through her own eloquent words, along with the testimonies of her father, mother, and two sisters. What unfolds is a tale of courage and betrayal, loyalty and love, power and humiliation, and a nearly unfathomable clash of cultures. Despite enduring years of threats over her emancipated life, Fadime advocated compassion for her killer to the end, believing him to be trapped by an unyielding code of honor. Wikan puts this shocking event in context by analyzing similar honor killings throughout Europe, Canada, and the United States. She also examines the concept of honor in historical and cross-cultural depth, concluding that Islam itself is not to blame--indeed, honor killings occur across religious and ethnic traditions--but rather the way that many cultures have resolutely linked honor with violence. In Honor of Fadime holds profound and timely insights into conservative Kurdish culture, but ultimately the heart of this powerful book is Fadime's courageous and tragic story--and Wikan's telling of it is riveting.
LC Classification Number
HV6197.S8W5513 2003
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