Gender Violence and the Transnational Politics of the Honor Crime

by Dana M. Olwan

Book Overview

In Gender Violence and the Transnational Politics of the Honor Crime, Dana M. Olwan examines how certain forms of violence become known, recognized, and contested across multiple geopolitical contexts--looking specifically at a particular form of gender-based violence known as the "honor crime" and tracing how a range of legal, political, and literary texts inform normative and critical understandings of this term. Although a number of studies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814257836
• ISBN13: 9780814257838
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"