Dishonourable women? Infanticide and honour in Basilicata, 1880–1914
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DOI: 10.1080/1354571x.2020.1750787
Abstract: ABSTRACT In late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Italy, after conceiving an illegitimate child, women sometimes committed infanticide to restore their honour. The Italian Penal Code even included an honour excuse to justify such crimes, which… read more here.
Keywords: excuse; honour excuse; women infanticide; dishonourable women ... See more keywords