Mark Cooney

Execution by Family (eBook, PDF)

A Theory of Honor Violence

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Across the world, violence inflicted in the name of family honor is attracting increasing attention. Family honor violence is physical force inflicted primarily on women for conduct defined as dishonorable. This book explores these conflicts of honor, how they are triggered, how they are handled and why some lead to death.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351240642
• Artikelnr.: 55886107

Autorenporträt

Mark Cooney is Professor of Sociology at the University of Georgia, USA. A specialist in the study of moral conflict, he has authored numerous articles on the subject as well as two previous books, Warriors and Peacemakers: How Third Parties Shape Violence (1998) and Is Killing Wrong? A Study in Pure Sociology (2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Description
1. Introduction
2. The Logic of Family Honor
3. Theories of Family Honor
4. The Patriarchal Family
Part II: Explanation
5. Family Punishment
6. Community Punishment
7. The Crime of Dishonor
8. A Theory of Family Honor Violence