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An explanation of honour-related killings of women in Europe through Bourdieu's concept of symbolic violence and masculine domination
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Western Europe
Using Bourdieu’s concept could help understand different dynamics and justifications for honour killings in the immigrant context: it proposes that a new social context of immigration has weakened the symbolic power of masculine domination over women in immigrant communities, a state which may result in stricter control over women, or trigger violent responses to some women’s behaviours that would not have been considered a threat to male honour, prior to immigration.
