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Is It Not Just Another Form of Violence Against Women? A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Swedish Government Office’s Investigation on Honor Oppression through a Postcolonial Feminist Lens

Guricke, Nora LU (2024) SOLM02 20241
Department of Sociology of Law
Abstract
The recognition of honor-related violence has been emphasized in the media and through legal regulation during the last decades in Sweden. Honor oppression is often characterized by its cultural/religious roots and is found in patriarchal and collective societies. However, the regulations might have stigmatizing effects as they target certain communities in society. Previous research shows that honor-related violence differs in interpretation contextually and that the understanding of whether different forms of violence against women should be distinguished is discussed. This thesis aims to critically investigate how HO is described in the SOU 2020:57. The Theoretical Framework based on Third World feminism and Orientalism and Fairclough’s... (More)
The recognition of honor-related violence has been emphasized in the media and through legal regulation during the last decades in Sweden. Honor oppression is often characterized by its cultural/religious roots and is found in patriarchal and collective societies. However, the regulations might have stigmatizing effects as they target certain communities in society. Previous research shows that honor-related violence differs in interpretation contextually and that the understanding of whether different forms of violence against women should be distinguished is discussed. This thesis aims to critically investigate how HO is described in the SOU 2020:57. The Theoretical Framework based on Third World feminism and Orientalism and Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis enables an analysis of the hegemonic discourse on honor oppression. The analysis illuminates the postcolonial feminist traits reproduced in the investigation on a textual- discursive- and social dimension. The analysis illustrates how critical tools from Postcolonial Feminism make visible interpretations of HO that can be discriminatory. The investigation furthermore can be interpreted as reproducing Othering effects, power asymmetries between gender and race, making certain communities “the” honor-related problem and that honor oppression have more similarities than differences with other forms of violence against women. (Less)
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author
Guricke, Nora LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOLM02 20241
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
critical discourse analysis, Honor oppression, Orientalism, Postcolonial Feminism, Third World feminism, Violence against women
language
English
id
9161338
date added to LUP
2024-06-19 12:55:56
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2024-06-19 12:55:56
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  abstract     = {{The recognition of honor-related violence has been emphasized in the media and through legal regulation during the last decades in Sweden. Honor oppression is often characterized by its cultural/religious roots and is found in patriarchal and collective societies. However, the regulations might have stigmatizing effects as they target certain communities in society. Previous research shows that honor-related violence differs in interpretation contextually and that the understanding of whether different forms of violence against women should be distinguished is discussed. This thesis aims to critically investigate how HO is described in the SOU 2020:57. The Theoretical Framework based on Third World feminism and Orientalism and Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis enables an analysis of the hegemonic discourse on honor oppression. The analysis illuminates the postcolonial feminist traits reproduced in the investigation on a textual- discursive- and social dimension. The analysis illustrates how critical tools from Postcolonial Feminism make visible interpretations of HO that can be discriminatory. The investigation furthermore can be interpreted as reproducing Othering effects, power asymmetries between gender and race, making certain communities “the” honor-related problem and that honor oppression have more similarities than differences with other forms of violence against women.}},
  author       = {{Guricke, Nora}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Is It Not Just Another Form of Violence Against Women? A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Swedish Government Office’s Investigation on Honor Oppression through a Postcolonial Feminist Lens}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}