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Book SynopsisIn this interdisciplinary collection leading experts and scholars from criminology, psychology, law and history provide a compelling analysis of practices and beliefs that lead to violence against women, men and children in the name 'honour'.Trade Review“The result is an interdisciplinary, comprehensive and unique collection which will provide practitioners, women’s groups, development workers, policy-makers, academics, students and researchers with a range of ideas and analyses on which to draw. … this book is an extremely useful addition to the academic and policy literature and to engendering social change for women across the world in terms of the horror of ‘honour’ violence and killings.” (Gill Hague, Gender & Development, Vol. 23 (3), November, 2015)'Honour' Killing and Violence is an important resource for academics, practitioners and students working in the areas of gender-based violence internationally and within Britain. This well-written volume provides coverage of a number of important issues and contexts, including law and policy; and community and state responses in Britain, Europe, India and North America. It also benefits from its interdisciplinarity: the contributors use skills from a range of academic disciplines, including history, economics, law, criminology and psychology, to look at this issue, and together they provide a coherent and timely dialogue that will provide fresh and fascinating insight into the topical issue of 'honour' killing and violence.' Dr Geetanjali Gangoli, Centre for Gender and Violence Research, University of Bristol, UK 'The chapters in 'Honour' Killing and Violence bring an invaluable, interdisciplinary perspective to a topic that incites debates characterised more by heat than light. The contributors to this volume do not shy away from these controversies, which is what makes it so timely. At the same time, they do not allow those controversies to limit their analyses to well-trodden ground and blind alleys, which is why the volume is so illuminating. The chapters rely on original empirical evidence and argumentation informed by anthropology, criminology, legal reasoning, history, political science and psychology to urge a multilevel, multicausal approach to understanding honour violence and responses to it. No matter how much you think you know about 'honour'-based violence, you will learn something new and question some of your assumptions about it by reading this book.' Professor Rosemary Gartner, Centre for Criminology and Socio-Legal Studies, University of Toronto, Canada 'A worldwide investigation into a worldwide problem Gill, Strange and Roberts' collection is an excellent place to learn about current international efforts in the area of 'honour' killings and violence.' Professor Nicole Westmarland, Co-Director, Durham Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse, University of Durham, UK 'The contributions in this book skilfully analyse the intersectionality between gender, discrimination, violence and cultural notions of honour, and their interrelatedness in the killings of women. Gender-related killings are not isolated incidents that arise suddenly and unexpectedly, but are often the ultimate act of violence in a continuum of gender-based discrimination and violence.' Ms Rashida Manjoo, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, South AfricaTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword; Professor Lynn Welchman Notes on the Contributors 1. Introduction: 'Honour' and 'Honour'-based Violence: Challenging Common Assumptions; Aisha K. Gill PART I: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS 2. Domestic Violence or Cultural Tradition? Approaches to 'Honour Killing' as Species and Sub-species in English Legal Practice; Rupa Reddy 3. Adjusting the Lens of Honour-based Violence: Perspectives from Euro-American History; Carolyn Strange 4. Towards a Psychologically Oriented Motivational Model of Honour Based Violence; Karl Roberts 5. Honour as Property; Johanna Bond 6. (Dis)honour, Death and Duress in the Courtroom; Jocelynne A. Scutt PART II: OPERATIONALISING PRACTICES OF HONOUR AND VIOLENCE 7. Conceptualising HBV in Scandinavian Law Enforcement; Anja Bredal 8. 'If there were no khaps, …everything will go haywire…young boys and girls will start marrying into the same gotra'- Understanding khap-directed Honour Killings in North India; Suruchi Thapar-Björkert 9. 'All they think about is honour': The Murder of Shafilea Ahmed; Aisha K. Gill 10. Same Problem, Different Solutions: The Case of 'honour killing' in Germany and Britain; Selen Ayirtman Ercan 11. No Place in Canada': Triumphant Discourses, Murdered Women, and the 'Honour Crime'; Dana Mohammed Olwan

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Book SynopsisIslamophobia in America offers new perspectives on prejudice against Muslims, which has become increasingly widespread in the USA in the past decade. The contributors document the history of anti-Islamic sentiment in American culture, the scope of organized anti-Muslim propaganda, and the institutionalization of this kind of intolerance.Trade Review"In this must-read deconstruction of the psychosis called 'Islamophobia,' editor Ernst offers readers a conversation from the diverse voices that discuss Islam in the US. Five insightful essays make up this time exchange which provides historical contextualization, [analysis of] the unexamined victimhood of women, a broader global perspective, and a case study in citizenship and belonging . . . Highly recommended." CHOICE "Islamophobia in America: The Anatomy of Intolerance is an excellent and timely addition to the growing scholarship on the academic study of Islamophobia. Professor Ernst has compiled the contributions of well-known scholars and academics in the field, providing insights on the subject that hasn't been dealt with in other works on the topic." - Edgar Hopida, Senior Consultant of the San Diego Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego) "No other book addresses the deep structure of Islamophobia, a feverish force of aggression against Islam, and Muslims, that blights the Euro-American public square. The contributors to this volume are all well known for their advocacy of a broad-gauged perspective on American Muslims. Not outsiders but insiders, Muslims are the woof and warp of the piebald social fabric that makes America American." - Bruce B. Lawrence, author of New Faiths, Old Fears: Muslims and Other Asian Immigrants in American Religious Life "Islamophobia in America: The Anatomy of Intolerance is paradigm-turning theorization which redirects analysis of Islamophobia from 'what is it about Islam' to 'what is it about America' that triggers fear and bigotry. The contributions provide brilliant insights into the trigger mechanism of state-building, militarism, media, race, the enmeshment of religion and national purpose, and the contested and unfinished project of making America." - Suad Joseph, University of California, Davis, USA "Fear of Islam is both quite old and quite new. In our own time and in the USA, the fear of militant Islam began to take on explicit and particular shapes in 1979, during the Iranian Revolution with the taking of American hostages, which brought nightly coverage of Islam holding American officials hostage in Tehran on the ABC News program Nightline. With the expansion of cable news networks and the Internet, Islam has been represented as hostile to Americans on a constantly increasing basis ever since. The events of 9/11 simply compounded this. Situating American Islamophobia in its historical context, this important volume contributes to our understanding of a problem so rampant today it is prevalent even in the discourse of candidates seeking public office." - Richard C. Martin, Emory University, USA, editor of Review of Middle East Studies "Carl Ernst, with his informed perspective and years of teaching Islamic studies both in the US and around the world, has provided a timely and crucial rational analysis and critically comparative study of an otherwise highly charged political issue. This book should be required reading for local, state, and national policy makers as well as anyone who claims interest in interfaith dialogue and the academic study of religion." - Brannon Wheeler, Director, Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, US Naval Academy, USATable of ContentsIntroduction: The Problem of Islamophobia; Carl W. Ernst 1. Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear: Islamophobia in the United States and British India, 1687-1947; Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg 2. Islamophobia and American History: Religious Stereotyping and Out-grouping of Muslims in the United States; Kambiz GhaneaBassiri 3. The Black Muslim Scare of the Twentieth Century: The History of State Islamophobia and Its Post-9/11 Variations; Edward E. Curtis 4. Center Stage: Gendered Islamophobia and Muslim Women; Juliane Hammer 5. Attack of the Islamophobes: Religious War (and Peace) in Arab/Muslim Detroit; Andrew J. Shryock

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