CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2023
| Author | Vitali, Laurenz Otto |
|---|---|
| Title | A Discourse Analysis of Giorgia Meloni's Femonationalist Political Communication |
| Summary | This paper explores Giorgia Meloni’s participation in a broader Femonationalist trend in far-right politics. The cooptation of women’s rights to promote an exclusionary and xenophobic dynamic regarding migration is at the core of such a trend. In an attempt to enlarge the current political coalitions for far-right parties and increase the sense of normality around these being in government in Europe, parties such as Fratelli d’Italia have been utilizing new communicative and discursive practices to change the rules of the game. The usage of feminist language to portray themselves as the guarantors of women’s rights is enough to convince many that, stereotypically sexually active and violent outsiders will endanger the gains made by feminist battles in the last century. These fears are at the core of the Femonationalist project. This research will analyze in detail the communicative practices of Giorgia Meloni and how exactly she attempts to achieve this goal, something that had seemed far out of sight for far-right parties some decades ago. |
| Supervisor | Ruth Wodak |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2023/vitali_laurenz-otto.pdf |
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