The Cultural Construction of Migrant Women in the Italian Press

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3906265
AutoresA Giorgi (0000-0003-2188-2682, University of Coimbra, autor de correspondencia)
Año2012
Volumen16
Número16
Fecha de publicación2012-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
Revistae-cadernos CES (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1647-0737 • E-ISSN: 1647-0737
EditorialOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/eces.1026
OpenAlexW2155658076
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas24

This contribution focuses on the migrant women’s portraits that emerge in the Italian press. This discursive arena is dealt with by paying attention to what is taken for granted in the discourses about migrant women and their reproductive rights and behaviours. The analysis is based on a dataset of 634 newspapers articles, published between June 2005 and July 2012, and include both partisan, non-partisan, and religious press. It highlights the culturalization of migrant women, mainly portrayed as victims, and points to the high risk of xenophobic manipulation and political instrumentalization of migrant women’s rights

Economic growth · Media studies · Migrant workers · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Portrait · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Italian Social Issues and Migration · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration