Resonance gathers together forty years of anthropological study by a researcher and writer with one of the broadest fieldwork résumés in anthropology: Unni Wikan. In its twelve essays-four of which are brand new-Resonance covers encounters with transvestites in Oman, childbirth in Bhutan, poverty in Cairo, and honor killings in Scandinavia, with visits to several other locales and subjects in between. Including a comprehensive preface and introduction that brings the whole work into focus, Resonance surveys an astonishing career of anthropological inquiry that demonstrates the possibility for
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"In 2002 young Fadime Sahindal was brutally murdered by her own father. She belonged to a family of Kurdish immigrants who had lived in Sweden for almost two decades. But Fadime's relationship with a man outside of their community had deeply dishonored her family, and only her death could remove the stain. This abhorrent crime shocked the world, and her name soon became a rallying cry in the struggle to combat so-called honor killings. Unni Wikan narrates Fadime's heartbreaking story through her own eloquent words, along with the testimonies of her father, mother, and two sisters. What unfolds is a tale of courage and betrayal, loyalty and love, power and humiliation, and a nearly unfathomable clash of cultures. Despite enduring years of threats over her emancipated life, Fadime advocated compassion for her killers to the end, believing them to be trapped by an unyielding code of honor. Wikan puts this shocking event in context by analyzing similar honor killings, which are increasing throughout Europe and have now been reported in Canada and the United States. She also examines the concept of honor in historical and cross-cultural depth, concluding that Islam itself is not to blame--indeed, honor killings occur across religious and ethnic traditions--but rather the way that many cultures have resolutely linked honor with violence."--Publisher's description
Machine generated contents note: I WELFARE FOR WHOM? -- 1 A Society Worth Living In -- 2 A Tale of Two Would-Be Survivors -- 3 A Modern Form of Sacrifice -- II THE NEW NORWAY -- 4 Immigrants in Norway: Some Salient Facts -- 5 Dangerous Facts: What We Were Not Supposed to Know -- 6 Silence as Political Cover-Up -- III THE POLITICS OF CULTURE -- 7 Law versus Culture -- 8 Culture and Accountabiliy -- 9 Culture-A New Concept of Race? -- 10 Cultures Don't Meet, People Do -- IV GENDER AND IDENTITY POLITICS -- 11 Sara's Story: The Crime of Becoming Swedish -- 12 Anna and Others: Religion Is Not the Culprit -- 13 Noreen's Story: The Price of a Narrow Escape -- V THE FIRST PERSON SINGULAR -- 14 A Fatal Difference in Grammar -- 15 "You Never Asked Me!" -- 16 Opportuniy Lost: The Defeat of an Everyday Hero -- 17 Overcoming the Odds: Somali Women in Norway -- VI TOLERANCE VERSUS HUMANISM -- 18 Generous Betrayal -- 19 The Politics of Fear -- 20 Civic Liberty and Liberal Democracy -- VII A HOPE FOR THE FUTURE -- 21 Nadia's Case: A Crucial Step Forward -- 22 Welfare and Citizenship -- 23 Welfare and Social Justice -- Postscript: Aisha and the Long Way to Freedom -- Notes -- References -- Index
According to the evidence the author has obtained as a participant observer, Cairo's poor people themselves hold the view, that their living conditions have improved greatly over the last 15 years; the primary materials come from a social anthropological field study in a poor area of Cairo during a total of 21 months, beginning in 1969 and with yearly revisits until 1982. (DÜI-Hns)
