SOC 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Honor Killing, September 11 Attacks

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 300
• Professor: Nayrouz Abu Hatoum

Document Summary

When people ascribe a subordinate status to others making them feel different from and inferior to those occupying the dominant positions. Tenacity of these dynamics re ects the dominant person or group"s power to de ne their own social standing and that of others via - a -vis the. Process involves a competitive comparison between people and categories one of them as insider, included, and the others are outsiders, those that are excluded through the exercise of power and de nition criteria of inclusion / exclusion. Process of othering" dehumanizes peoples, de nes their personhood, and place them outside the circle of inclusion. Gendered violence, cultural otherness, and honour crimes in canadian. By analyzing the discursive strategies used to construct and disseminate dominant discourses on honour killings, this article maps the heightened of cial state and public media interest in honour based violence and crimes.