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Othering through genderization in the regional press
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Abstract By far, most of the research into processes of discrimination and ethnification in Sweden considers urban settings. This article focuses on how the regional press in a rural area of south-east Sweden represents immigrants in a residential area in the outskirts of the Kalmar township. It points at th... view more
By far, most of the research into processes of discrimination and ethnification in Sweden considers urban settings. This article focuses on how the regional press in a rural area of south-east Sweden represents immigrants in a residential area in the outskirts of the Kalmar township. It points at the urgent need for researchers and decision-makers to take into account both subtle and palpable stigmatizing processes that meet immigrants who reside the countryside. An analysis of two local newspapers shows a continuous construction of `otherness' through pictures and texts, in which the identities of minority ethnic groups are stereotyped and subverted. One of the most persistent themes in this work of representation is the brutalization of the masculinity of `others', stressed even further by a `traditionalization' and feminization of a weak, caring female other. Both these gendered images serve a higher purpose, that of maintaining a positive image of a taken-for-granted Swedishness.... view less
Free Keywords
ethnification; femininity; genderization; masculinity; othering; regional press; representation; Swedishness;
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 423-446
Journal
European Journal of Cultural Studies, 11 (2008) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1367549408094981
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)