The Cultural Construction of Migrant Women in the Italian Press

Bibliographic Data

ID3906265
AuthorsA Giorgi (0000-0003-2188-2682, University of Coimbra, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume16
Issue16
Publication date2012-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
Venuee-cadernos CES (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1647-0737 • E-ISSN: 1647-0737
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/eces.1026
OpenAlexW2155658076
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited24

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