Emotional discourses in the courtroom: women’s empowerment work in honour-related trials

The article investigates emotional exchanges as manifestations of power through body language. Subtle well obvious displays emotion are related to the macro political renegotiation relations taking place out court in light case. testimonies women trials investigating honour-related crimes include contempt, friendly intimacy, anger and resignation, each connecting sociology emotions theories primarily Clark, Katriel Hochschild. These turn connected critical discourse analysis Fairclough. When analysed lens social practices manifested (body) language, it highlights significance implications signifiers change. empirical study suggests that analysing language both theoretically empirically interconnected. This lays theoretical methodological foundations for future studies, addressing connection between emotions, power.