Purified by blood: honour killings amongst Turks in the Netherlands

Honour killings are murders that are carried out to purify tarnished honour, the honour in question being namus. Both men and women possess namus. For women and girls, namus means chastity, while for men it means having chaste female family members. Honour killing is a widely known phenomenon in Tur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eck, Clementine (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Amsterdam Univ. Press 2002
In:Year: 2002
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Keywords:
Ehre
Tötungsdelikt
Türke
Niederlande
Täter
Opfer
Migrant
Soziale Faktoren
Kulturelle Faktoren
Tradition
Geschlechterverhältnis
Familie