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Table of Contents

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

In Honor of Fadime Murder and Shame

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 06/09/2021
      ISBN13: 9780226896878, 978-0226896878
      ISBN10: 0226896870
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      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

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