"Shades of foreign evil": "honour killings" and "family murders" in the Canadian press

Shier, Allie and Shor, Eran (2016) "Shades of foreign evil": "honour killings" and "family murders" in the Canadian press. Violence Against Women, 22 (10). pp. 1163-1188. ISSN 1077-8012

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Abstract

This article compares murder cases labelled “honour killings” to cases labelled “family/spousal murders” in the Canadian news media, exploring the construction of boundaries between these two practices. We conducted a systematic qualitative content analysis, examining a sample of 486 articles from three major Canadian newspapers between 2000 and 2012. Our analysis shows that “honour killings” are framed in terms of culture and ethnic background, presenting a dichotomy between South Asian/Muslim and Western values. Conversely, articles presenting cases as “family/spousal murders” tend to focus on the perpetrators’ personalities or psychological characteristics, often ignoring factors such as culture, patriarchy, honour, and shame.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://vaw.sagepub.com/
Additional Information:	© 2015 The Authors
Divisions:	Gender Studies
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	17 Aug 2016 13:06
Last Modified:	25 Apr 2024 03:06
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/67493

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