“Honour”- Based Violence and the Politics of Culture in Canada
Advancing a Cultural Analysis of Multi-Scalar Violence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21830165 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Salina Abji (College of Family Physicians of Canada), Anna C Korteweg (0000-0002-7554-5852, University of Toronto) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 73-92 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-12 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Child Youth and Family Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1920-7298 • E-ISSN: 1920-7298 |
| Publisher | University of Victoria Libraries (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.18357/ijcyfs121202120084 |
| OpenAlex | W3137693939 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 29 |
Since 2015, in Canada, political discourse on “honour”-based violence has shifted away from highly problematic understandings of “culture” as the cause of violence among racialized, Muslim, and immigrant communities. Instead, talk of culture has dropped out of the equation altogether in favour of more structural definitions of gender-based violence (GBV). In this article, we ask what gets lost when culture is not taken into account when talking about or trying to understand forms of GBV. Drawing from theoretical conceptualizations of culture — defined as “situated practices of meaning-making” that shape all experiences of violence, and societal responses to violence — we argue for a multiscalar approach to culture. To illustrate this framework, we first offer a critical analysis of Aruna Papp’s 2012 memoir Unworthy Creature as an exemplar of stigmatizing uses of culture and a key text promoted by the Conservative federal government at the time. We then turn to interviews we conducted with service providers serving South Asian survivors of GBV in Toronto from 2011 to 2013. Our analysis illustrates how to talk about culture as a key ingredient shaping multiscalar violence, regardless of whether that violence occurs in majority or minority communities. We conclude with three policy implications for addressing HBV moving forward
Criminology · Critical discourse analysis · Honour · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Situated · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law
Understanding Legal Attitudes Towards Honour-Based Violence
Complexities facing social work
La Violencia Contra Las Mujeres Por Honor Y Su Tratamiento Jurídico en España
Honour-based violence
Mind the gaps
Approaching Forced Marriage as Family Violence
Understanding "Honor-Based Violence" In Scandinavia
The psycho-social factors that escalate intimate partner violence (IPV) among South Asian women in North America
Marxism and literature
Methods of Critical Discourse Studies
The Interpretation of Cultures
Regulating Aversion
Outline of a Theory of Practice
Culture Talk and the Politics of the New Right
Postnational acts of citizenship
Canadian Domestic Violence Policy and Indian Immigrant Women
Culture of Honor, Culture of Change
Violence Against Immigrant Women
Walking a Tightrope
Because Deportation is Violence Against Women’
Principles of Critical Discourse Analysis
Mapping the Margins
A Violent Culture or Culturalized Violence
Gender representations in politics of belonging
Honour Killing’ in the Immigration Context
Regulating Spousal Migration through Canada's Multiple Border Strategy
Approaching violence against Indigenous women in the Americas from relational, intersectional and multiscalar perspectives
Culture in Action
The Multiscalar Production of Borders
"Seductions of the "Honor Crime
Situated Knowledges
Doing Intersectionality
What Is to Be Gained by Looking White People in the Eye? Culture, Race, and Gender in Cases of Sexual Violence
Islam, gender, and immigrant integration
| Citations per year | 2.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |