This article was downloaded by: [Korteweg, Anna][Canadian Research Knowledge Network] On: 8 January 2009 Access details: Access Details: [subscription number 783016864] Publisher Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK Volume 28 No. 4 July 2005 ETHNIC AND RACIAL STUDIES R Routledge Ethnic and Racial Studies Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713685087 Islam, gender, and immigrant integration: boundary drawing in discourses on honour killing in the Netherlands and Germany Anna Korteweg; Gökçe Yurdakul First Published:February2009 To cite this Article Korteweg, Anna and Yurdakul, Gökçe(2009)'Islam, gender, and immigrant integration: boundary drawing in discourses on honour killing in the Netherlands and Germany', Ethnic and Racial Studies, 32:2,218 - 238 To link to this Article: DOI: 10.1080/01419870802065218 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01419870802065218 PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ARTICLE Full terms and conditions of use: http://www.informaworld. com/terms-and-conditions-of-access.pdf This article may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, re-distribution, re-selling, loan or sub-licensing, systematic supply or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. The publisher does not give any warranty express or implied or make any representation that the contents will be complete or accurate or up to date. The accuracy of any instructions, formulae and drug doses should be independently verified with primary sources. The publisher shall not be liable for any loss, actions, claims, proceedings, demand or costs or damages whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with or arising out of the use of this material.
Ethnic and Racial Studies Vol. 32 No. 2 February 2009 pp. 218-238 Islam, gender, and immigrant integration: boundary drawing in discourses on honour killing in the Netherlands and Germany Anna Korteweg and Gökçe Yurdakul Abstract Public discourse on Muslim immigrant integration in Europe is increas- ingly framed around the presumed incompatibility of Islam and Western values. To understand how such framing constructs boundaries between immigrants and majority society in the media, we analyse newspaper discussions of honour killing in the Netherlands and Germany. These debates reinforce existing bright boundaries, or a strong sense of us versus them, between immigrants from Muslim and/or Turkish backgrounds and the majority population. Limited elements of boundary blurring are also present. We extend existing theory by showing that these boundaries are inscribed in the intersection of ethnicity, national origin, religion and gender. Downloaded By: [Korteweg, Anna] [Canadian Research Knowledge Network] At : 19: 44 8 January 2009 Keywords: Ethnicity; gender; Islam; honour killing; cultural incorporation; media. In 2005, public debate on family violence among Muslim immigrants, especially honour killing, intensified in the Netherlands and Germany. In the Netherlands, such debates ignited after the murder of Theo van Gogh, whose film Submission criticized violence against women in Muslim societies. After his murder, an ongoing political debate on the incidence of domestic violence in the Netherlands came to intersect with a debate on the position of Muslims in Dutch society. In Germany, a similar set of questions