Othering through genderization in the regional press

Constructing brutal others out of immigrants in rural Sweden

Bibliographic Data

ID12599507
AuthorsT Elsrud (0000-0001-5009-2351, Kalmar University College and Fokus Research & Development Centre, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume11
Issue4
Pages423-446
Publication date2008-10-21
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Cultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1367-5494 • E-ISSN: 1460-3551
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1367549408094981
OpenAlexW2019888201
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited12

By far, most of the research into processes of discrimination and ethnification in Sweden considers urban settings. This article focuses on how the regional press in a rural area of south-east Sweden represents immigrants in a residential area in the outskirts of the Kalmar township. It points at the urgent need for researchers and decision-makers to take into account both subtle and palpable stigmatizing processes that meet immigrants who reside the countryside. An analysis of two local newspapers shows a continuous construction of `otherness' through pictures and texts, in which the identities of minority ethnic groups are stereotyped and subverted. One of the most persistent themes in this work of representation is the brutalization of the masculinity of `others', stressed even further by a `traditionalization' and feminization of a weak, caring female other. Both these gendered images serve a higher purpose, that of maintaining a positive image of a taken-for-granted Swedishness

Ethnic group · Feminization (sociology · Immigration · Masculinity · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Rural area · Sociology · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Social and Cultural Studies

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