Search results for " intersectional"

Discursive Constructions of White Nordic Masculinities in Right-wing Populist Media

2018

Using superordinate intersectionality as a theoretical framework, this article explores notions of men and masculinities within right wing populism. It is attentive to how the right-wing populist media in Finland and Sweden construct white Nordic masculinities through discursive interactions across several axes of difference: gender (masculinities); sexuality (heterosexuality); social class (elites); and race (whitenesses). Employing Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as methodological approach, we show how the discursive constructions of white Nordic masculinities are context contingent, rendering them subject to constant reinterpretation and repositioning, at times privileging some axes of…

The vulnerability of refugees: Some reflections on definitions and measurement practices

2021

The legal and policy discourse on refugees has been mainly focusing on the labelling of particularly vulnerable persons or groups, while it has neglected to offer reflections on the effects of definitions and assessment practices over the creation of stereotypes and of biases in the identification of beneficiaries of protection. The aim of this paper was to offer some reflections on the how categories of vulnerability defined by international and supranational law are operationalised and implemented in the practice of the vulnerability assessment inside the humanitarian organisations. Our analysis shows that the vagueness of the legal definitions affects the way in which humanitarian organi…

CELEBRATING WOMEN ARTISTS IN JORDAN: REFRAMING GENDER ROLES AS RESISTANCE

This thesis focuses on women artists in the capital of Jordan, Amman, and particularly on their cultural practices as an expression of a creative agency. These women create independent spaces, cultural initiatives, public performances and original artworks that allow the reframing of gender roles in neoliberal patriarchal societies today. Beyond labeling the emergence of a new female activism, or femtivism, as feminist or revolutionary, I suggest reading it as the reconfiguration of a new wave of feminisms in Jordan, which engages with the visual arts, the contemporary cultural scene of Amman, the geography of the city and the political commitment, often in informal domains rather than in i…

Intersectionalities, dis/abilities and subjectification in deaf LGBT people: An exploratory study in Sicily

2016

The article discusses the multiple discrimination, normalization and stigmatization experienced by deaf LGBT youth in Sicily, Italy, on the basis of a study of their everyday life (specifically school years and peer interactions). So far in Italy, very little attention has been paid to multiple discrimination and, specifically, to homophobic violence towards disabled individuals. It is, therefore, impossible to consider any valid sampling of the desired population and very few reports have been produced. The authors, a sociologist and a psychologist, carry out an analysis of the results obtained from interviews with 15 LGBT individuals recruited through social networks, thematic chats, and …

Críticas al derecho y el sujeto “mujeres” y propuestas desde la jurisprudencia feminista | Criticism to the Law and the Subject “Women” and Proposals…

2014

Resumen: Las feministas tradicionalmente han criticado el derecho como un instrumento de opresión de las mujeres. Se ha duda sobre la capacidad del derecho de transformar la realidad y ser capaz de traducir legalmente las demandas políticas de las mujeres, mejorando sus vidas. Además, los últimos movimientos feministas han sido muy escépticos con la viabilidad de la categoría “mujeres” como sujeto del derecho. Este artículo analiza estas dudas y críticas recuperando algunas de las propuestas hechas por las juristas feministas para crear nuevas categorías jurídicas que incluyan las demandas y necesidades de las mujeres y desplacen la importancia del sujeto.   Abstract: Feminists have traditi…