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Talking about fear of violence in public space

Female and male narratives about threatening situations in Umeå, Sweden

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ID3977307
AutoresLinda Sandberg (0000-0002-4702-6086), Aina Tollefsen (0000-0002-7643-0272, Umeå University)
Año2010
Volumen11
Número1
Páginas1-15
Fecha de publicación2010-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14649360903420178
OpenAlexW2001317914
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas22
Referencias citadas26

Geographers may benefit from a narrative approach as it permits insights into both meanings and how stories are permitted and controlled by social conditions. The aim of this article is to discuss methodological aspects of studying fear as a restriction on mobility and use of public space. We have used examples from a study on fear of violence in the city of Umeå, Sweden at the time of threats from a serial rapist, the Haga Man. We employed Labov's model to analyse female and male narratives about fear. Women from all backgrounds reproduced a shared story of experiences of fear. Male stories were fragmented and diverse, especially in terms of ethnicity. The Haga Man was described in the media as a man of 'normal Swedish appearance', which put a focus on Swedish hegemonic masculinity and 'normality' rather than on commonly reproduced fear of the racialized other. Labov's model was useful in clarifying how narratives differed in their structural components and completeness, but limited in terms of how to interpret the evaluative component: the model needs to be combined with theory in order to understand relations to changing political, institutional and media discourses on crime and fear in public space. Les géographes peuvent bénéficier d'une approche narrative parce qu'elle permet des aperçus de comment les conditions sociales permettent et contrôlent les significations ainsi que les histoires. Le but de cet article est de discuter des aspects méthodologiques des études de la peur comme une restriction sur la mobilité et l'utilisation d'espace publique. On a utilisé des exemples d'une étude du cas sur la peur de la violence dans la ville de Umeå, Suède à l'époque des menaces d'un violeur en série, le 'Haga Man'. On a employé le model de Labov pour analyser les récits d'hommes et de femmes au sujet de la peur. Les femmes de toutes origines ont reproduit une histoire partagée des expériences de la peur. Les histoires des hommes étaient fragmentées et diverses, surtout en matière d'ethnicité. Le 'Haga Man' a été décrit dans le media comme un homme 'd'apparence normal suédois', qui a mis un accent sur la masculinité et la 'normalité' hégémonique et suédoise plutôt que sur une peur souvent reproduite d'un autre racialisé. Le model du Labov a été utile pour clarifier comment les récits différaient dans leurs composantes structurelles et leur totalité, mais le model a été limité pour savoir comment interpréter la composante évaluative: le model a besoin d'être combiné avec la théorie pour comprendre les relations avec des discours politiques, institutionnels et du media sur les crimes et la peur dans l'espace publique. Los geógrafos pueden beneficiar de un enfoque narrativo en como se revela como los cuentos y sus significados están manejados por condiciones sociales. El propósito de este artículo es discutir los aspectos metodológicos de estudiar el miedo como una restricción en la movilidad y el uso de espacio público. Utilizamos ejemplos de un estudio del miedo de violencia cuando un violador serial, el 'Haga Man', se amenazaba a los ciudadanos de Umeå, Suecia. Empleamos el modelo de Labov para analizar narrativas femeninas y masculinas del miedo. Mujeres de toda procedencia se reproducían una narrativa compartida de sus experiencias de miedo. Los cuentos masculinos eran fragmentados y diversos, particularmente al respecto de la etnicidad. La prensa se describió el 'Haga Man' como un hombre de 'aspecto Sueco normal,' que se construyó un foco en un hegemónico Sueco de masculinidad y 'normalidad' en vez del miedo del 'otro' racializado que está comúnmente reproducido. El modelo de Labov fue útil para clarificar como las narrativas fueron diferentes estructuralmente, pero fue limitado en como interpretar el componente evaluativo: se necesita combinar el modelo con la teoría para entender las relaciones a discursos políticos, institucionales y populares cambiantes del crimen y el miedo en el espacio público. Keywords: narrative analysisLabovgeography of fearfear of crimegenderurban spaceSwedenKeywords: analyse narrativeLabovgéographie de la peurla peur du crimegenreespace urbainSuèdeKeywords: análisis narrativoLabovgeografía del miedomiedo del crimengéneroespacio urbanoSuecia Notes 1. Brå (The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention) statistical database (2004). 2. The study is part of a larger research project that examines how fear affects people's everyday life in the city of Umeå, Sweden in the wake of the Haga Man assaults since 1999. In-depth interviews were carried out on three occasions with people living in Umeå; in 2001 with women aged 20–60 years; in 2005 with young men and women aged 20–26 years, and in 2006 with women and men aged 20–50 years. This article uses examples from the interviews carried out in 2005

Criminology · Hegemonic masculinity · Linguistics · Masculinity · Narrative · Normality · Public space · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Gender Studies · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology

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