4. What Is Honor?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I: Swedish Lives
5. 1. Fadime, in Remembrance 13
6. 2. Sara: “Too Swedish” for a Right to Live 27
7. 3. Pela, or History Repeats Itself 39
8. Part II: Honor
9. 4. What Is Honor? 49
10. 5. Honor Killing in a Cross-Cultural Context 70
11. 6. Virginity, Virility, and Honor 89
12. Part III: Fadime’s Case
13. 7. At a Trial 105
14. 8. Little Sister, Thirteen Years Old 120
15. 9. A Mother’s Story 135
16. 10. Naive and Primitive? 144
17. 11. Strength Born from Grief 159
18. Part IV: Norwegian Lives
19. 12. Intermission: Honor in the Courtroom 173
20. 13. Nadia’s Case: Another Question of Honor 192
21. 14. The Zedini Case: Was Honor at Stake? 199
22. 15. The Lørenskog Murder: Rethinking Honor 203
23. Part V: The Appeal
24. 16. The Man in the Woods 209
25. 17. The Mother 215
26. Part VI: The Way Forward
27. 18. Speaking in Parliament 225
28. 19. Integration 233
29. 20. At Stake: A Perception of Humanity 245
30. Part VII: Reflections
31. 21. Longing for the Family 257
32. Afterword 261
33. Acknowledgments 277
34. Notes 281
35. References 297