Islam, gender and immigrant integration: boundary drawing in discourses on honour killing in the Netherlands and Germany
Public discourse on Muslim immigrant integration in Europe is increasingly framed around the presumed incompatibility of Islam and Western values. To understand how such framing constructs boundaries between immigrants and majority society in the media, we analyse newspaper discussions of honour kil...
| Published in: | Ethnic and racial studies |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2009
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Ethnic and racial studies
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| Further subjects: | B
Human rights violation
B Netherlands B Islam B Violence B Netherlands Germany Islam Gewalt gegen Frauen Social integration Migranten Human rights violation Öffentliche Diskussion Theory formation B Theory formation B Woman B Social integration B Migrant B Discussion B Germany |
| Summary: | Public discourse on Muslim immigrant integration in Europe is increasingly framed around the presumed incompatibility of Islam and Western values. To understand how such framing constructs boundaries between immigrants and majority society in the media, we analyse newspaper discussions of honour killing in the Netherlands and Germany. These debates reinforce bright boundaries, or a strong sense of us versus them, between immigrants from Muslim and/or Turkish backgrounds and the majority population. Limited elements of boundary blurring are also present. We extend theory by showing that these boundaries are inscribed in the intersection of ethnicity, national origin, religion and gender. (Ethnic and Racial Studies) |
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| ISSN: | 0141-9870 |
| Contains: | In: Ethnic and racial studies
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