Honor and the political economy of marriage : violence against women in Kurdistan region of Iraq / Joanne Peyton, Foreword by Deeyah Khan.

"Honor killing, also referred to as 'honor'-based violence, takes great prominence in organizing social life through structures of kinship and marriage as well as influencing legislation that allows the perpetrator to be forgiven by another family member. How can such violence so heavily embedded in...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Politics of marriage and gender: global issues in local contexts.
Main Author: Peyton, Joanne, 1972- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2020]
Series:Politics of marriage and gender: global issues in local contexts.
Subjects:
Marriage > Economic aspects > Iraq > Kurdistān.
Kinship > Iraq > Kurdistān.
Honor killings > Iraq > Kurdistān.
Family violence > Iraq > Kurdistān.
Women, Kurdish > Violence against > Iraq > Kurdistān.
Women, Kurdish > Iraq > Kurdistān > Social conditions.
Family violence.
Honor killings.
Kinship.
Marriage > Economic aspects.
Women, Kurdish > Social conditions.
Iraq > Kurdistān.
Physical Description:xiii, 172 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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