In Honor of Fadime: Murder and Shame by Wikan, Unni
In Honor of Fadime: Murder and Shame by Wikan, Unni

In Honor of Fadime: Murder and Shame

In 2002 young Fadime Sahindal was brutally murdered by her own father. She belonged to a family...
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Author: Unni Wikan
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In Honor of Fadime: Murder and Shame by Wikan, Unni

In Honor of Fadime: Murder and Shame

$434.23
In Honor of Fadime: Murder and Shame by Wikan, Unni

In Honor of Fadime: Murder and Shame

$434.23
Author: Unni Wikan
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
In 2002 young Fadime Sahindal was brutally murdered by her own father. She belonged to a family of Kurdish immigrants who had lived in Sweden for almost two decades. But Fadime's relationship with a man outside of their community had deeply dishonored her family, and only her death could remove the stain. This abhorrent crime shocked the world, and her name soon became a rallying cry in the struggle to combat so-called honor killings.

Unni Wikan narrates Fadime's heartbreaking story through her own eloquent words, along with the testimonies of her father, mother, and two sisters. What unfolds is a tale of courage and betrayal, loyalty and love, power and humiliation, and a nearly unfathomable clash of cultures. Despite enduring years of threats over her emancipated life, Fadime advocated compassion for her killer to the end, believing him to be trapped by an unyielding code of honor. Wikan puts this shocking event in context by analyzing similar honor killings throughout Europe, Canada, and the United States. She also examines the concept of honor in historical and cross-cultural depth, concluding that Islam itself is not to blame-indeed, honor killings occur across religious and ethnic traditions-but rather the way that many cultures have resolutely linked honor with violence.

In Honor of Fadime holds profound and timely insights into conservative Kurdish culture, but ultimately the heart of this powerful book is Fadime's courageous and tragic story-and Wikan's telling of it is riveting.

Author: Unni Wikan
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 09/06/2021
Pages: 314
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780226896878

About the Author
Unni Wikan is professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo, Norway. She is the author of several books, including Resonance: Beyond the Words and Generous Betrayal: Politics of Culture in the New Europe, both published by the University of Chicago Press. Anna Paterson is a translator of Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and German. She is the author of Scotland's Landscape: Endangered Icon.
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