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Femminicidio Narrative: A Gender Discourse of Partner Violence Across Feminist Crusades and Electoral Speeches

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This chapter explains how ‘femminicidio’, a new feminist term, entered the Italian media, developed into a moral panic on men killing women, and got adopted by political candidates running for the 2013 national elections. What new meanings are foreclosed upon in the public discourse, while others are sedimented, and constructed as new truths? I will show how ‘femminicidio’ intertwines with a discourse of progress, is framed as a national emergency, and deploys a gender reading of violence. I argue that this discourse oversimplifies domestic and intimate partner violence by fixating women and men in stereotyped roles, and by overlooking complex factors of intimate violence which cannot be understood solely through the lens of feminist critique of power and patriarchy. Also, ‘femminicidio’ narrative contributes to normalise a constructivist reading of identity.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    The murders in Mexico received international attention and were even given the Hollywood treatment by the movie Bordertown (2006) starring Jennifer Lopez and Antonio Banderas.

  2. 2.

    Elezioni: Sel manifesterà giovedì contro violenza a donne. (2013, 12 February). Agi [Factiva].

  3. 3.

    Teatro: Le donne della Dandini di nuovo in scena con ‘Ferite a morte’. (2013, 20 February). Adnkronos [Factiva].

  4. 4.

    Convenzione contro la Violenza sulle donne No More. Retrieved from http://nomoreviolenza.altervista.org/convenzione/ (accessed 21 December 2015);Brambilla, TK (2014, 7 December) Oltre i luoghi comuni sulle donne vittime di violenza. Retrieved from http://www.libreriadelledonne.it/oltre-i-luoghi-comuni-sulle-donne-vittime-di-violenza/ (accessed 21 December 2015).

  5. 5.

    Costantini, E. (2012, 30 October). Quirino Massimo Dapporto protagonista della tragedia di Shakespeare. Corriere della Sera [Factiva];Cappelletto, S. (2012, 13 November). Carmen, regina che arriva dalla spazzatura. La Stampa [Factiva].

  6. 6.

    Zagaria, C. (2011, 13 February). Donne e uomini con la sciarpa bianca. La Repubblica di Napoli. [Factiva].

  7. 7.

    Personal interview, 5 May 2014, Rome.

  8. 8.

    The report is available at: http://inchieste.repubblica.it/it/repubblica/rep-it/2012/11/25/news/femminicidio-47174085/ (accessed 22 December 2015).

  9. 9.

    Sofri, A. (2012, 27 March). L’uomo in casa diventa assassino. La Repubblica. Retrieved from http://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2012/03/27/news/l_uomo_in_casa_diventa_assassino_una_donna_uccisa_ogni_due_giorni-32260263/ (accessed 22 December 2015).

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    Feltri, V. (2013, 23 November). Femminicidio? Ma se la vittima è un nonno nessuno ci bada. Il Giornale. Retrieved from http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/interni/femminicidio-se-vittima-nonno-nessuno-ci-bada-970108.html (accessed 22 December 2015).

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    Personal interview, 22 May 2014, telephone.

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    Adviced law amendments are available at http://www.camerepenali.it/public/file/Leggi%20e%20progetti%20di%20legge/C%201540%20Osservazioni%20e%20proposte%20emendative%20UCPI.pdf (accessed 22 December 2015).

  13. 13.

    Personal interview, 5 May 2014, Rome.

  14. 14.

    Violenza su donne: Boldrini (Sel), politica deve affrontare il problema. (2013, 14 February). Adnkronos [Factiva].

  15. 15.

    Violenza donne: Bersani, coltivare cultura rispetto a parità sessi. (2012, 17 Novembre). Asca [Factiva].

  16. 16.

    Personal interview, 26 May 2014, telephone.

  17. 17.

    Violenza donne: Finocchiaro, istituzioni intervengano. (2012, 8 November). Ansa [Factiva].

  18. 18.

    Elezioni: Bersani da Pd impegno concreto per democrazia paritaria. (2013, 19 February). Adnkronos [Factiva].

  19. 19.

    Violenza donne: Ghizzoni, prevenzione parte dalla scuola. (2013, 14 February 2013). Agi [Factiva].

  20. 20.

    Violenza donne: Sereni, in tante in Parlamento per fermarla, (2013, 14 February). Ansa [Factiva].

  21. 21.

    Femminicidio: Severino, no benefice per una pena più breve. (2013, 14 February). Agi [Factiva].

  22. 22.

    Elezioni: Sel manifesterà giovedì contro violenza a donne. (2013, 12 February). Agi [Factiva].

  23. 23.

    Ragazza uccisa a Palermo. (2012, 19 October). Ansa [Factiva].

  24. 24.

    Violenza donne: Bersani, coltivare cultura rispetto e parità sessi. (2012, 17 November). Asca [Factiva].

  25. 25.

    Number of homicides with female victims per year: 2008, p. 148; 2009, p. 172; 2010, p. 159; 2011, p. 170; 2012, p. 159; 2013, p. 177. Source: Italian Ministry of Interior.

  26. 26.

    Violenza su donne: Serafini (Pd), grande alleanza per fermarla. (2012, 8 November). Ansa [Factiva].

  27. 27.

    Valentini C. (2012, 26 October). Maschi assassini. L’Espresso [Factiva].

  28. 28.

    Telefono Rosa: Un ‘femminicidio’ ogni 2 giorni. (2012, 19 October). Ansa [Factiva].

  29. 29.

    Primarie CS: Vendola, buona politica è cancellare leggi paura. (2012, 7 November). Agi [Factiva].ADNKronos, Violenza su donne: Vendola, uscire da immaginario del berlusconismo, 11 February 2013, Factiva.

  30. 30.

    Violenza su donne: Parlamentari e associazioni, fermare femminicidio. (2012, 22 October). Adnkronos [Factiva].

  31. 31.

    Violenza su donne: Boldrini (Sel), politica deve affrontare il problema. (2013, 14 February). Adnkronos [Factiva].

  32. 32.

    Violenza su donne: Flash mob a Roma per gridare ‘ora basta’. (2013, 14 February). Adnkronos [Factiva].

  33. 33.

    Femminicidio/Bersani: Una vergogna intollerabile che va fermata. (2013, 14 February). TM News [Factiva].

  34. 34.

    Elezioni:Vendola, da ‘Se non ora quando’ scossa contro sessismo. (2013, 10 February). Agi [Factiva].

  35. 35.

    Elezioni: Bersani, impegno per diritti donne. (2013, 19 February). Ansa [Factiva].

  36. 36.

    Violenza su donne: Polverini, oggi grande giornata di solidarietà. (2013, 14 February). Adnkronos [Factiva].

  37. 37.

    Violenza donne: Bongiorno (Fli), aggravanti per delitti onore. (2012, 13 November). Asca [Factiva].

  38. 38.

    Violenza donne: Serafini (Pd), serve legge contro femminicidio. (2012, 24 October). Ansa [Factiva].

  39. 39.

    Violenza donne: Finocchiaro, da rimuovere sono cause culturali. (2013, 13 February). Ansa [Factiva].

  40. 40.

    Personal interview, 20 August 2014, telephone.

  41. 41.

    Personal interview, 24 June 2014, telephone.

  42. 42.

    Personal interview, 5 May 2014, Rome.

  43. 43.

    Violenza su donne: Vendola, uscire da immaginario del berlusconismo. (2013, 11 February). Adnkronos [Factiva].Primarie CS: Vendola, buona politica è cancellare leggi paura. (2012, 7 November). Agi [Factiva].

  44. 44.

    Gianni, E. (2013, 15 July). La Presidente della Camera plaude all’interruzione di Miss Italia. Retrieved from http://www.squer.it/of/la-presidente-della-camera-plaude-allinterruzione-di-miss-italia-e-su-twitter-fioccano-le-polemiche/ (accessed 15 November 2014).

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    Betti, L. (2013, 26 September). Violenza e media: Non basta essere brave persone e bravi giornalisti. La Ventisettesima Ora. Retrieved from: http://27esimaora.corriere.it/articolo/violenza-e-media-non-basta-essere-brave-persone-e-bravi-giornalisti/ (accessed 22 January 2016).

  46. 46.

    Complete speech available at http://presidente.camera.it/5?evento=188).

  47. 47.

    Claim made on radio programme La Zanzara on Radio24 on 25 September 2013.

  48. 48.

    Sabatini, F. (2013, 30 September). Dove c’è Barilla c’è una sguattera. Micromega. Retrieved from: http://blog-micromega.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it/2013/09/30/fabio-sabatini-dove-ce-barilla-ce-una-sguattera/ (accessed 9 December 2015).

  49. 49.

    Personal interview, 7 September 2014, Trieste.

  50. 50.

    Donne di Fano-Pesaro-Urbino (2012, 1 May). Codice etico per la stampa in caso di Femminicidio. Retrieved from https://femminismi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/codice-etico.pdf. (accessed 2 March 2015).

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    Betti, L. (2014, 26 September). Violenza e media: non basta essere brave persone e bravi giornalisti. La ventisettesima ora. Retrieved from http://27esimaora.corriere.it/articolo/violenza-e-media-non-basta-essere-brave-persone-e-bravi-giornalisti/ (accessed 23 December 2015).

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  • Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-319-47784-8

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-319-47785-5

  • eBook Packages: Social SciencesSocial Sciences (R0)

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