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Introduction: ‘Honour’ and ‘Honour’-Based Violence: Challenging Common Assumptions

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‘Honour’ Killing and Violence

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In recent years, violence against women (VAW) committed in the name of ‘honour’ has attracted increasing attention across the globe. Unfortunately, media accounts and policy discourses concerning honour-based violence (HBV) and so-called honour killings have principally viewed the problem through the lens of cultural essentialism. This volume argues that the problem should instead be approached from a multidisciplinary perspective, attentive to the intersection of a range of causal factors and inclusive of a wide range of both proven and promising interventions.

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  1. University of Roehampton, UK

    Aisha K. Gill

  2. Australian National University, Australia

    Carolyn Strange

  3. University of Western Sydney, Australia

    Karl Roberts

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Gill, A.K. (2014). Introduction: ‘Honour’ and ‘Honour’-Based Violence: Challenging Common Assumptions. In: Gill, A.K., Strange, C., Roberts, K. (eds) ‘Honour’ Killing and Violence. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137289568_1

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