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  • Punishing Transgression in Honor Culture and Face Culture

    Series Book 37 - Cross Cultural Communication
    In the world’s so-called honor and face cultures, certain values and codes related to the protection of a family’s stainless reputation are deep-rooted. When they are violated by what is perceived as an immoral action, and the respective transgression becomes known, the honor not only of the deviant, but also of the in-group itself is damaged. This leads to stigmatization followed by collective ... Read more

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  • Honor, Face, and Violence

    Cross-Cultural Literary Representations of Honor Cultures and Face Cultures

    Series Book 34 - Cross Cultural Communication
    Honor-related values are a source of gendered inequality and of violence. In so-called honor cultures, traditionally located in parts of the Middle East, Mediterranean regions, North Africa, and South America, honor translates into women’s roles as dictated by family ideology. There is a direct link between male reputation and the female body. In these matters, East Asian face cultures are similar ... Read more

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    Ecology, Social Order and Ritual in the Tessawt Valley of the High Atlas of Morocco

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  • Literature in Translation

    Teaching Issues and Reading Practices

    Series series Translation Studies
    New pedagogy for studying literature in translationIn the last several decades, literary works from around the world have made their way onto the reading lists of American university and college courses in an increasingly wide variety of disciplines. This is a cause for rejoicing. Through works in translation, students in our mostly monolingual society are at last becoming acquainted with the ... Read more

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    Series series Alterations
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