This book explores the contemporary phenomenon of forced marriage
and 'honour' killings in Britain. Set against a background of
increasing 'honour'-based violence within the country's South Asian
and Muslim Diasporas, the book traces the development of the
'honour' question over the past two decades. It accordingly
witnesses unprecedented changes in public awareness and government
policy including ground-breaking 'honour'-specific legislation and
the criminalisation of forced marriage. All of which makes Britain
an important context for the study of this now indigenous and
self-perpetuating social problem. In considering the scale of the
challenge and its underlying causes, attention is paid to the
intersections of gendered power structures that disadvantage female
members of 'honour' cultures as well as feminist theories that seek
to explain them. The book features five key case-studies of
'honour' killings and draws from a wide range of narratives
including those of 'honour' violence survivors, grassroots service
providers and legislators. Such myriad of perspectives reveals the
complexity of the 'honour' issue and the deep ideological divisions
that characterise it. With the UK's multiculturalist discourse
unable to reconcile protecting patriarchal minority cultures with
safeguarding gender equality and human rights, the book raises
fundamental questions about the country's future direction.
Following a long trend of state-sponsored integrationist policies,
the government's response to the 'honour' question points
decisively in the direction of a post-multicultural British nation.
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