Bandelli, D., Porcelli, C., ‘Femminicidio’ in Italy: A critique of feminist gender discourse and constructivist reading of the human identity, Current Sociology, SAGE, 2016
Abstract This article suggest that the discourse on femicide can be read throught the lens of Foucault’s theory of biopolitics, as a device of manipulation of human identity. Furthermore the authors borrow from Habermas’s theory of public sphere and argue that the hegemonic gender interpretation of femicide rflects the specific vantage point of feminist groups while it is not the result of any inclusive public reflections on the causese of this social phenomenon. The core argument is that a gender discoruse of femicide contributes to the advancement of a social constructivist paradigm in the interpretation of self in postmodern society, a society that is populated by inidviduals that confrom to cultural values.
