Unni Wikan is professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo, Norway. She is the author of several books, including Resonance: Beyond the Words and Generous Betrayal: Politics of Culture in the New Europe, both published by the University of Chicago Press. Anna Paterson is a translator of Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and German. She is the author of Scotland’s Landscape: Endangered Icon.

• Introduction Part I  Swedish Lives1          Fadime, in Remembrance2          Sara: “Too Swedish” for a Right to Live3          Pela, or History Repeats Itself Part II  Honor4          What Is Honor?5          The Cross-Cultural Context of Honor Killing6          Virginity, Virility, and Honor Part III Fadime’s Case7          At a Trial8          Little Sister, Thirteen Years Old9          A Mother’s Story10        Naive or Primitive?11        Strength Born from Grief Part IV  Norwegian Lives12        Intermission: Honor in the Courtroom13        Nadia’s Case: Another Question of Honor 14        The Zedini Case: Was Honor at Stake?15        The Lørenskog Murder: Rethinking Honor Part V  The Appeal16        The Man in the Woods17        The Mother Part VI  The Way Forward18        Speaking in Parliament19        Integration20        At Stake: A Perception of Humanity Part VII Reflections21        Longing for a Family AfterwordAcknowledgmentsNotesReferences

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Unni Wikan is professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo, Norway. She is the author of several books, including Resonance: Beyond the Words and Generous Betrayal: Politics of Culture in the New Europe, both published by the University of Chicago Press. Anna Paterson is a translator of Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and German. She is the author of Scotland’s Landscape: Endangered Icon.

• Introduction Part I  Swedish Lives1          Fadime, in Remembrance2          Sara: “Too Swedish” for a Right to Live3          Pela, or History Repeats Itself Part II  Honor4          What Is Honor?5          The Cross-Cultural Context of Honor Killing6          Virginity, Virility, and Honor Part III Fadime’s Case7          At a Trial8          Little Sister, Thirteen Years Old9          A Mother’s Story10        Naive or Primitive?11        Strength Born from Grief Part IV  Norwegian Lives12        Intermission: Honor in the Courtroom13        Nadia’s Case: Another Question of Honor 14        The Zedini Case: Was Honor at Stake?15        The Lørenskog Murder: Rethinking Honor Part V  The Appeal16        The Man in the Woods17        The Mother Part VI  The Way Forward18        Speaking in Parliament19        Integration20        At Stake: A Perception of Humanity Part VII Reflections21        Longing for a Family AfterwordAcknowledgmentsNotesReferences

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Unni Wikan is professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo, Norway. She is the author of several books, including Resonance: Beyond the Words and Generous Betrayal: Politics of Culture in the New Europe, both published by the University of Chicago Press. Anna Paterson is a translator of Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and German. She is the author of Scotland’s Landscape: Endangered Icon.

• Introduction Part I  Swedish Lives1          Fadime, in Remembrance2          Sara: “Too Swedish” for a Right to Live3          Pela, or History Repeats Itself Part II  Honor4          What Is Honor?5          The Cross-Cultural Context of Honor Killing6          Virginity, Virility, and Honor Part III Fadime’s Case7          At a Trial8          Little Sister, Thirteen Years Old9          A Mother’s Story10        Naive or Primitive?11        Strength Born from Grief Part IV  Norwegian Lives12        Intermission: Honor in the Courtroom13        Nadia’s Case: Another Question of Honor 14        The Zedini Case: Was Honor at Stake?15        The Lørenskog Murder: Rethinking Honor Part V  The Appeal16        The Man in the Woods17        The Mother Part VI  The Way Forward18        Speaking in Parliament19        Integration20        At Stake: A Perception of Humanity Part VII Reflections21        Longing for a Family AfterwordAcknowledgmentsNotesReferences

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