Culture of honor, culture of change: A feminist analysis of honor killings in rural Turkey

Violence Against Woman

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 964-998

  Sev'er, Aysan ^a   Yurdakul, Gökçeçiçek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0041025522     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10778010122182866     Document Type: Article

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