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Unni Wikan

In Honor of Fadime

Murder and Shame

Translated by Anna Paterson
314 pages,  5-1/2 x 8-1/2  © 2008

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ISBN: 9780226896861   Published April 2008

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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
Subjects



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