Framing the ‘White Widow’: Using intersectionality to uncover complex representations of female terrorism in news media
| Autor: | John B. Sutcliffe, Meagan Auer, Martha F. Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Intersectionality
021110 strategic defence & security studies Sociology and Political Science Communication 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies Media studies 050801 communication & media studies 02 engineering and technology 0508 media and communications Framing (social sciences) Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Political science Political Science and International Relations Terrorism News media |
| Zdroj: | Media, War & Conflict. 12:281-298 |
| ISSN: | 1750-6360 1750-6352 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1750635218769931 |
| Popis: | Following 21 September 2013, news media in the UK offered extensive and elaborate coverage of the Westgate Mall Massacre in Nairobi, Kenya. This act of terrorism, perpetrated by Al-Shabaab, left over 60 people dead. What news media considered particularly captivating was not the devastation of the attack, but the suspected involvement of Samantha Lewthwaite. She remained at the center of news media in Britain for several months after the attack, dubbed the ‘White Widow’. In this article, the authors employ an intersectional approach to explore the ways that race, religion, nationality, age, class, and gender converge in mediated representations of Lewthwaite. They argue that the application of intersectionality results in a more holistic understanding of the content and discursive impact of news narratives about female terrorists and find that news media both vilify and normalize Lewthwaite, representing her participation in terrorism through complex constellations of identity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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