Essays about: "hedersmord"

Found 2 essays containing the word hedersmord.

1. 1. A comparative discourse analysis of honor-based violence in a Swedish media context

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

   Author : Fredrik Larsson; [2021]
   Keywords : honor-related violence; honor culture; Sweden; majority; minority; violence; honor killings; kvinnomord; hedersvåld; hederskultur; hedersrelaterat våld; hedersmord;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to highlight the complexity of honor-related violence and femicide in Swedish society and how it is represented in media based on who the victim and perpetrator is depending on ethnic and religious backgrounds. The thesis will be based on a comparative discourse analysis of forty Swedish media articles concerning honor killings (hedersmord) and femicide (kvinnomord) in Swedish translated to English. READ MORE

3. 2. Why honor is worth more than a life : A literature review about ’so called’ honor violence

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för hälsa

   Author : Malin Paulusson; [2013]
   Keywords : honor culture; honor; values; honor; violence; honor; killings; collective; society;

   Abstract : Background: In honor culture the family’s honor is valued by the girl’s or the woman’s social and sexual behavior, in her virginity, and is therefore dependent on how well she can manage the deeply rooted traditional norms that describes what is acceptable or not. Anyone who violates these norms and rules must be punished, and the most extreme form is killings, ‘so called’ honor killings, sanctioned by the community. READ MORE