The contended body: the construction of public discourses on women’s body that makes violence possible. A study case in the Italian North East

  • Lorenza Perini Department of Political and Juridical Sciences and International Studies at the University of Padua
  • Miriam Verzola Gender Study Research Center of the University of Padua
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6092/1827-9198/2585
Parole chiave: citizenship, media, body, femicide, policies.

Abstract

The present work historically framed the issue of citizenship of women's

rights, such as continuing discrimination that continually reproduces itself

through the way in which the female body is represented by the media.

Stereotypes and prejudices that build the imagination of common sense with

respect to the role of women in society reproduce a scenario of extreme

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Biografie

Lorenza Perini, Department of Political and Juridical Sciences and International Studies at the University of Padua
Lorenza Perini is Research Fellow at the Department of Political and Juridical Sciences and International Studies at the University of Padua. her interests cover women’s citizenship and gender policies’ issues at European and national level from an historical point of view.
Miriam Verzola, Gender Study Research Center of the University of Padua
Miriam Verzola, Sociologist, she has been collaborating with the Gender Study Research Center of the University of Padua for years on gender violence issues and their representation through the media system.
Pubblicato
2014-06-11
Come citare
PeriniL., & VerzolaM. (2014). The contended body: the construction of public discourses on women’s body that makes violence possible. A study case in the Italian North East. La Camera Blu. Rivista Di Studi Di Genere, (10). https://doi.org/10.6092/1827-9198/2585
Fascicolo
N. 10 (2014): Against gender-based violence: from Italian debate to intercultural dialogue
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