‘No room for hate in our country’: Constructing the LGBTI-friendly nation in news discourses after the murder of a gay man in Belgium

IF 1.5 2区社会学 Q1 CULTURAL STUDIES

International Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-18 DOI:10.1177/13678779221131080

Emma Verhoeven, A. Dhoest, Steve Paulussen

引用次数: 4

Abstract

This article analyses othering discourses in the news media coverage of an alleged homophobic murder in Belgium. The case study is based on a critical discourse analysis of news articles published in Dutch-speaking Belgian news media. Using the framework of homonationalism, this analysis finds that Belgium's LGBTI-friendly status is deeply anchored in the national identity. Discourses in mainstream news media following the murder appeal to a unified imagined community of Belgians based on the assumed shared value of tolerance. This LGBTI-friendly status spills over in the exclusionary discourse in right-wing alternative media towards groups that are represented as a homophobic threat outside the nation (Central and Eastern Europe) and within it (Muslims and migrants).

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“我们的国家没有仇恨的空间”:在比利时一名同性恋男子被谋杀后，在新闻话语中构建对lgbti友好的国家

本文分析了比利时一起恐同谋杀案新闻媒体报道中的其他话语。案例研究基于对比利时荷兰语新闻媒体发表的新闻文章的批判性话语分析。运用同源论的框架，本分析发现比利时的LGBTI友好地位深深植根于国家认同。谋杀案发生后，主流新闻媒体上的言论呼吁建立在宽容共同价值观基础上的统一的比利时人社区。这种对LGBTI友好的地位在右翼另类媒体对国内外（中欧和东欧）和国内（穆斯林和移民）被视为恐同威胁的群体的排斥性话语中得到了体现。

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International Journal of Cultural Studies Multiple-

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4.20

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9.50%

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期刊介绍： International Journal of Cultural Studies is committed to rethinking cultural practices, processes, texts and infrastructures beyond traditional national frameworks and regional biases. The journal publishes theoretical, empirical and historical analyses that interrogate what culture means, and what culture does, across global and local scales of power and action, diverse technologies and forms of mediation, and multiple dimensions of performance, experience and identity. Dedicated to theoretical and methodological innovation in cultural research, the journal is multidisciplinary in outlook, publishing relevant contributions that integrate approaches from the social sciences, humanities, information sciences and more. International Journal of Cultural Studies publishes original research articles. The journal gives preference to papers that extend existing theory or generate new theory through interpretive engagement with empirical cases. Papers based on single country case-studies should clearly indicate and develop the broader relevance of their analyses for an international readership. The journal does not publish close readings of single texts; but it does consider critical, contextualised readings that similarly indicate and develop the broader relevance of their analyses to the field. International Journal of Cultural Studies regularly publishes special issues on urgent questions in the field as well as on specific regions, industries and practices.