Open AccessStolen Honor
Author(s) -
Rachel Newcomb
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of islam and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3741
pISSN - 2690-3733
DOI - 10.35632/ajis.v26i4.1373
Subject(s) - honor , turkish , perspective (graphical) , sociology , gender studies , criminology , political science , art , internet privacy , linguistics , philosophy , computer science , visual arts
With Stolen Honor: Stigmatizing Muslim Men in Berlin, anthropologistKatherine Ewing has made a timely and valuable contribution to the literatureon Muslims in Europe. Ewing explores the stigmatization of Muslimsof Turkish origin in light of multiple societal controversies ranging fromhonor killings to citizenship tests meant to determine who can belong to theGerman nation.While the focus in both the popularmedia and social scienceliterature has typically been on Muslim women in western societies, StolenHonor offers a novel perspective on men, who are usually overlooked bysocial scientists and demonized by the media ...