"There is nothing 'honourable' about honour killings": Gender, violence and the limits of multiculturalism

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 187-200

  Meetoo, Veena ^a   Mirza, Heidi Safia ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; FEMINISM; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDIA ROLE; MULTICULTURALISM; RACIAL DISPARITY; VIOLENCE; WOMENS ORGANIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250628920     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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