The spectacle of the ‘Other’

Media representations of same-sex sexuality in Senegal

Datos Bibliográficos

ID18965670
AutoresA C Mbaye (0000-0003-4694-5213, University of Bayreuth, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen24
Número1-2
Páginas13-28
Fecha de publicación2021-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSexualities (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1363-4607 • E-ISSN: 1461-7382
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1363460719893623
OpenAlexW3003844979
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas15

This article examines media representations of same-sex sexuality in Senegal, and analyses how same-sex sexuality has been covered in a selection of Senegalese newspapers since the early 2000s. Drawing on Stuart Hall’s perspective on the role of mass media and ideology and the theory of Critical Discourse Analysis, this article describes how discourses produced by selected Senegalese newspapers generate and circulate ideological meanings. This article intends to underline the ways in which Senegalese media have come to fabricate a certain image of gay and lesbian people, often portrayed as deviant, mad or abnormal

Art · Human sexuality · Ideology · Lesbian · Mass media · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spectacle · Visual arts · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Marriage and Sexual Relationships