Visibility and Vulnerability: Deconstructing Representations of Rape in the Context of War in Democratic Republic of the Congo

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dc.contributor.advisorBraun, Yvonne
dc.contributor.authorSilvestri, Frankie
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-27T21:44:56Z
dc.date.available2017-09-27T21:44:56Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-27
dc.description.abstractMy work explores protracted conflict in DR Congo representationally, considering ways in which conflict is thematized in Western media around sexual violence. I use content and text mining to think through the role of framing in media, and conduct discourse analysis tracing how rape in the context of war has become instrumentalized by Western media to make sense of and justify interventions in the conflict in DR Congo. Specifically I examine forty-two articles published in diverse sources containing the phrase "rape capital of the world" to uncover links between violence, gender, and power. This thesis is generally situated within a postmodern feminist critique of overemphasis on rape and sexual violence as a universal narrative about women’s lives. My policy recommendation is stop implementing laws singling out rape in the context of war as a unique assault, because they enforce female vulnerability and injurability by representing women as victims/pre-victims of SGBV.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/22796
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectDemocratic Republic of the Congoen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectHuman rightsen_US
dc.subjectMediaen_US
dc.subjectRapeen_US
dc.subjectWaren_US
dc.titleVisibility and Vulnerability: Deconstructing Representations of Rape in the Context of War in Democratic Republic of the Congo
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of International Studies
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.A.

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