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Mine Krause

Honor, Face, and Violence

Cross-Cultural Literary Representations of Honor Cultures and Face Cultures

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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. There is a direct link between male reputation and the female body. In these matters, East Asian face cultures are similar to but also different from honor cultures. For the first time, this book studies literary together with sociological representations of the loss of honor and of face. Fiction explores honor-based values which impose shackles not only on female but a… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Steppat, Michael / Sun, Yan
  • ISBN: 978-3-631-78906-3
  • EAN: 9783631789063
  • Produktnummer: 34616562
  • Verlag: Peter Lang
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
  • Seitenangabe: 324 S.
  • Masse: H21.6 cm x B15.3 cm x D2.2 cm 533 g
  • Abbildungen: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
  • Gewicht: 533

Über den Autor


Mine Krause holds Ph.D. degrees in Comparative Literature from the University of Bayreuth (Germany) and from the University of Pau (France). She is a researcher in the Center for Intercultural Dialogue. Yan Sun holds a doctorate in Literature and a postgraduate degree in Law. She is a senior lecturer at Shanghai International Studies University and visiting scholar at The City University of New York (CUNY). Michael Steppat is Professor of Literature in English at the University of Bayreuth. He is a regular visiting professor at Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai.

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