Honor, Face, and Violence: Cross-Cultural Literary Representations of Honor Cultures and Face Cultures

Contributor(s): Hess-Lüttich, Ernest W B (Editor), Krause, Mine (Author), Sun, Yan (Author), Steppat, Michael (Author)

ISBN: 9783631789063

Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften

Hardcover

$86.85

Pub Date: June 17, 2020

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.00" H x 8.30" L x 5.90" W ( 1.10 lbs) 304 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: Cross Cultural Communication

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Description: Honor-related values are a source of gendered inequality and of violence. In so-called honor cultures, traditionally located in parts of the Middle East, Mediterranean regions, North Africa, and South America, honor translates into women's roles as dictated by family ideology.