Abstract
Children born as a result of wartime sexual violence have not gained a
place in the stories covered by the Colombian media. Based on an extensive content analysis (using the software MAXQDA 12) of newspaper
articles published between 1990 and 2015, ethnographic content analysis,
and drawing upon feminist critical discourse analysis, this paper explores
how information about these children is presented as part of storylines
that use the explanatory framework of sexual violence as a weapon of
war. In those storylines, children emerge not as independent subjects but
as part of social representations of female victims of wartime sexual violence and male perpetrators.
place in the stories covered by the Colombian media. Based on an extensive content analysis (using the software MAXQDA 12) of newspaper
articles published between 1990 and 2015, ethnographic content analysis,
and drawing upon feminist critical discourse analysis, this paper explores
how information about these children is presented as part of storylines
that use the explanatory framework of sexual violence as a weapon of
war. In those storylines, children emerge not as independent subjects but
as part of social representations of female victims of wartime sexual violence and male perpetrators.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 22-36 |
| Journal | Bulletin of Latin American Research |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- Children born of War
- Colombia
- content analysis
