title: "Shades of Foreign Evil": "Honor Killings" and "Family Murders" in the Canadian Press.
abstract: This article compares murder cases labeled "honor killings" with cases labeled "family/spousal murders" in the Canadian news media, exploring the construction of boundaries between these two practices. We conducted a systematic qualitative content analysis, examining a sample of 486 articles from three major Canadian newspapers between 2000 and 2012. Our analysis shows that "honor killings" are framed in terms of culture and ethnic background, presenting a dichotomy between South Asian/Muslim and Western values. Conversely, articles presenting cases as "family/spousal murders" tend to focus on the perpetrators' personalities or psychological characteristics, often ignoring factors such as culture, patriarchy, honor, and shame.
authors.affiliation: The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.
authors.forename: Allie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shier
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada ershor@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Eran
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shor
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003469:Culture; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006708:Homicide / Q000523:psychology* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam / Q000523:psychology*; D008402:Mass Media / Q000639:trends*
keywords: Canada; Muslims; family murder; honor killing; media