The unstable truth in the testimonies about rapes in the ‘Eu, leitora’ section of Marie Claire magazine

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v15i3.2319

Keywords:

Rape, Testimony, Journalism, Gender studies, Marie Claire.

Abstract

In this article, we investigate how the journalism frames narratives of testimonies about rapes published in the last decade in the ‘Eu, leitora’ section of the Brazilian Marie Claire magazine. By means of a narrative textual analysis, compared with testimony and trauma studies as well as feminist studies, we seek to problematize the way journalism deals with testimony. We dialogue with the concept of fait divers and its presence in so-called female journalism to understand how Marie Claire frames these reports. We conclude that the magazine operates ambiguously with regard to the testimony truth of the traumatic wounds of these women, at the same time approaching and moving away from them, through narrative and editorial strategies.

Author Biographies

Karina Gomes Barbosa, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Instituto de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, Departamento de Jornalismo. Mariana, MG

Doutorado em Comunicação Social pela Universidade de Brasília.

Rafiza Varão, Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Comunicação, Departamento de Jornalismo. Brasília, DF

Doutorado em Comunicação Social pela Universidade de Brasília.

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Published

2021-08-31

How to Cite

Gomes Barbosa, K., & Varão, R. (2021). The unstable truth in the testimonies about rapes in the ‘Eu, leitora’ section of Marie Claire magazine. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 15(3). https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v15i3.2319

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 3 (2021): Dossiê Feminismos: perspectivas em comunicação e informação em saúde, parte 2

Section

Feminisms: perspectives on health communication and information dossier

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