A Social Ecological Perspective on Understanding “Honor Killing”: An Intercultural Moral Dilemma
2012; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 42; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/17475759.2012.723024
ISSN1747-5767
AutoresTenzin Dorjee, Noorie Baig, Stella Ting‐Toomey,
Tópico(s)Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
ResumoAbstract This paper focuses on killing in the name of honor that has received scant attention from intercultural communication scholars. Incompatible moral value sets are often expressed through the complexity of intercultural or intergroup communication at various institutional and community reaction levels. While we do not condone honor killing, the social ecological perspective (SEP) provides multi-layered and embedded contextual framing of the situation to understand honor killing. First, this paper contextualizes honor killing and then presents a true story of honor killing. Subsequently, it discusses SEP and applies it to the Banaz Mahmod's killing. It concludes with future theoretical directions. Keywords: Intercultural ConflictHonor KillingMoral DilemmaSocial JusticeSEP Notes 1. Sources from Banaz Mahmod's case via chronological order events' placement: BBC News. Father charged over suitcase body. (2006 Giles, H. (Ed.). (2002). Law enforcement, communication, and community. Amsterdam and New York, NY: John Benjamins [Google Scholar], August 8). Retrieved from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/5258118.stmBBC News. Father in court on murder charge. (2006 Giles, H. (Ed.). (2002). Law enforcement, communication, and community. Amsterdam and New York, NY: John Benjamins [Google Scholar], August 9). Retrieved from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/4776803.stm BBC News. Court sees "honour killing" video. (2007 "Court sees 'honour killing' video." (2007, March 13). BBC News. Retrieved from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/6446977.stm [Google Scholar], March 13). Retrieved from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/6446977.stm BBC News. "Honour" victim sister threatened. (2007, March 29). Retrieved from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6507211.stm BBC News. "Honour killing" relatives guilty. (2007, June 11). Retrieved from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6722699.stm Barton, F. (2007 Barton, F. (2007, June 12). The tragic story of Banaz Mahmod: She fell in love at 19, so her family killed her. Retrieved from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-461378/The-tragic-story-Banaz-Mahmod--fell-love-19-family-killed-her.html [Google Scholar], June 12). The tragic story of Banaz Mahmod: she fell in love at 19, so her family killed her. Retrieved from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-461378/The-tragic-story-Banaz-Mahmod-fell-love-19-family-killed-her.html Daily Mail. Two-hour rape and torture of honour killing girl murdered by her family. (2007, July 20). Retrieved from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-469553/Two-hour-rape-torture-honour-killing-girl-murdered-family.htmlTelegraph News (2007, July 20). "Honour killing" family get life sentences. Retrieved from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1557948/Honour-killing-family-get-life-sentences.html BBC News. (2008, April 2) "Honour death" police face action. Retrieved from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7326468.stm Collins, R. (2000, April 2). IPCC concludes investigation into MPS and West Midlands Police dealings with Banaz Mahmod. Retrieved from http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/news/pr_020408_banaz_mahmod.htm Norfolk, A. (2008, December 1). She staggered to the cafe, bleeding, the officer decided she was a lying drunk. The Times, pp. 19. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/319999098?accountid=9840 BBC News. (2010, October 11). Cousins deny "honour" strangling of Banaz Mahmod. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11518789 BBC News. (2010, November 10). How "honour" killers of Banaz Mahmod were caught. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-1172916
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