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Femicide, Gender and Violence
Daniela Bandelli
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Description for Femicide, Gender and Violence
Hardback. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFGR; JFD; JFFK; JHB; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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 on the part of family activists, men’s rights campaigners and divorced fathers’ groups. Two counter-discourses emerge. The first is what the author terms an ‘ideology narrative’, for which discourses built around the conceptual category of ‘gender’ normalize simplistic representations of relationships between men and women. The second is a ‘female violence discourse’, which sheds light on under-represented aggressor-victim relations ... Read more
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 on the part of family activists, men’s rights campaigners and divorced fathers’ groups. Two counter-discourses emerge. The first is what the author terms an ‘ideology narrative’, for which discourses built around the conceptual category of ‘gender’ normalize simplistic representations of relationships between men and women. The second is a ‘female violence discourse’, which sheds light on under-represented aggressor-victim relations ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319477848
SKU
V9783319477848
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About Daniela Bandelli
Daniela Bandelli is an independent researcher based in Italy. Her research focuses on critical discourse studies, particularly the role of social movements in challenging and consolidating dominant representations of gender and family issues. She is currently investigating the topic of gestational surrogacy.
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