Honor and Violence against Women in Iraqi Kurdistan

1. Front Matter

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2. Locating the Book

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   Pages 1-12

3. Framing the Historical and Political Context of Oppression and Resistance in Iraqi Kurdistan

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   Pages 13-29

4. Intersecting Oppression and the Multiplex of Violence against Women

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   Pages 31-52

5. Policing Patriarchy: Honor, Violence and Manhood

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   Pages 53-82

6. Women Opposing Violence: Room for Resistance and Spaces of Empowerment

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   Pages 83-108

7. Forced or Arranged Marriage and Women’s Responses

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   Pages 109-124

8. Suicide as Protest

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9. Concluding Remarks

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10. Back Matter

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This book examines violence against women in the name of honor in Iraqi Kurdistan, taking an intersectional perspective. It reveals the links between destructive, state-sanctioned honor discourse and notions of manhood as they are shaped by a resistance culture dedicated to the struggle against ethnic oppression.

• culture
• Protest
• violence
• women

'Discussing the intersection of oppressive structures of gender, sexuality, class, ethnicity, and generation, this book offers extensive analyses of the multidimensionality of violence in the name of honor in Iraqi Kurdistan. Interconnecting historical, social, and political aspects, Minoo Alinia highlights the experiences of victims, perpetrators, and activists in an original manner that contributes to deepen knowledge on the complexity of honor related violence, which too often tends to be reduced to a stigmatizing culturalist interpretation.' - Aleksandra Ålund, Professor, REMESO, Linkoping University, Sweden

"This book draws on extensive fieldwork to examine gender violence in Iraqi Kurdistan as it intersects with the multi-layered regional socio-political context. It will prove to be a welcome addition to global gender studies." - Nada Elia, Professor, Antioch University Seattle, USA

Minoo Alinia is Associate Professor of Sociology at Hugo Valentin Centre, Uppsala University, Sweden and a teacher at Uppsala University's National Centre for Studies of Men's Violence Against Women.

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