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Ruşinea şi onoarea în contextul violenţei domestice
Shame and Honor in the Context of Domestic Violence

Author(s): Valentina Rujoiu, Octavian Rujoiu
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Editura Eikon

Summary/Abstract: This article discuss two opposite concepts, honor and shame, from domestic violence perspective. Our analysis is focused on an extreme form of domestic violence: honor killing. This is often met in a majority of societies but is predominant in the traditional patriarchal countries from Asia and the Middle East. More, will define the honor killing concept through gender diferentiations which decisively influences honor and shame association by sex.

  • Issue Year: 5/2007
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 178-192
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Romanian