Limits to Speech? The Racialised Politics of Gendered Violence in Denmark and Finland

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3647174
AutoresSuvi Keskinen (0000-0001-6174-9216, University of Turku, autor correspondente)
Ano2012
Volume33
Fascículo3
Páginas261-274
Data de publicação2012-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Intercultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0725-6868 • E-ISSN: 1469-9540
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07256868.2012.673470
OpenAlexW2087228472
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas37
Referências citadas20

The ‘crisis of multiculturalism’ discourse characterises the current political and media debates in many European countries. This paper analyses how liberal arguments, especially gender equality and freedom of speech, are used to promote nationalist and racialising political agendas in Denmark and Finland. It detects the powerful emergence of a nationalist rhetoric, based on the ‘politics of reversal’ and a re-articulation of liberal notions, in the Nordic countries, which have been known for their collectivist welfare state models and commitments to social equality. Through an analysis of case studies in both countries, the paper shows how debates about gendered violence in Muslim families turn into attempts to broaden the discursive space for racialising speech and to individualise racism

Collectivism · Individualism · Linguistics · Multiculturalism · Nationalism · Political science · Political violence · Politics · Racism · Rhetoric · Sociology · Welfare state · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration