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First published: August 1, 2024 - Last updated: August 1, 2024
TITLE INFORMATION
Authors: Richard Damilare Akano and Ayobami Adetoro Afolabi
Title: Extending the rape narrative
Subtitle: A corpus-assisted discourse analysis of the construction of rape in selected Nigerian dailies
Journal: Legon Journal of the Humanities
Volume: 35
Issue: 1
Year: 2024 (Submitted: March 22, 2024; Accepted: June 21, 2024, Published online: June 28, 2024)
Pages: 164-191
pISSN: 0855-1502 -
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eISSN: 2458-746X -
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Language: English
Keywords:
Modern History:
21st Century |
African History:
Nigerian History |
Types:
Rape;
Representations:
Press /
Daily Trust,
Nigerian Tribune,
The Punch,
The Sun,
Vanguard
FULL TEXT
Links:
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Authors:
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Richard Damilare Akano:
Google Scholar,
ResearchGate
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Ayobami Adetoro Afolabi:
Academia.edu,
Google Scholar,
ResearchGate
Abstract:
»This study examines the discursive construction of rape in news reports from the standpoint of critical linguistics. To do this, a corpus of news articles on rape cases was generated from five Nigerian newspapers (The Punch, Vanguard, Daily Trust, Nigerian Tribune and Sun) published between 2018-2022. For concordance analysis, AntConc4 was deployed to tease out lexemes and collocates that index the construal of rape and actors. With insights from Wodak’s (2001) model of critical discourse analysis, the study identifi es (e)vilifying rape and its perpetrators through labelling, the empathy-evoking construal of rape victims’ experience, and sexual off enders as blame-shifters as ideological constructs accentuated by discursive strategies. Existing studies have argued that the Nigerian press has largely promoted an androcentric order in the reporting of rape cases, to the detriment of rape victims. However, this study extends this view and suggests that Nigerian newspapers attempt to combat the heinous act of rape by vilifying, demonising, denigrating, and negatively portraying rape and perpetrators through linguistic constructs. These constructs are meant to project sexual off enders and their heinous acts to the public in highly repugnant and distasteful ways that would convince the public to desist from such acts.«
(Source: Legon Journal of the Humanities)
Contents:
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Abstract (p. 164) |
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Introduction (p. 165) |
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Media representation of gender-based violence (p. 166) |
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Gender/sexual violence discourse and problem statement (p. 168) |
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Material and Methods (p. 170) |
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Results and Discussion (p. 173) |
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(e)vilifying rape and its perpetrators through labelling (p. 176) |
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Empathy-evoking construal of victims’ experience (p. 180) |
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Sexual off enders as blame-shifters (p. 183) |
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Conclusion (p. 185) |
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References (p. 188) |
Wikipedia:
History of Africa:
History of Nigeria |
Newspaper:
Newspapers published in Nigeria /
Nigerian Tribune,
Media Trust,
The Punch,
The Sun (Nigeria),
Vanguard (Nigeria) |
Sex and the law:
Rape /
Rape in Nigeria
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