Femicide, Gender and Violence : Discourses and Counterdiscourses in Italy

• Main Author: Bandelli, Daniela (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Communication.; Feminist theory.; Discourse analysis.; Sociology.; Mass media.; Social sciences in mass media.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Self.; Identity (Psychology).; elektronické knihy; electronic books

This book questions gendered readings of violence by analyzing how this paradigm has become normalized in Italy since the feminist term 'femminicidio', or 'femicide', entered the mainstream media during the 2013 general election. It also sheds light on discourses of contestation...