Exposing Atrocity: The Politics of Representation of Feminicide Violence in Mexico, 1994-2021

揭露暴行：墨西哥杀害女性暴力的政治表现，1994-2021

• 批准号: 2589336
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of St Andrews
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2589336
• 关键词: Exposing; Atrocity; Politics; Representation; Feminicide

Feminicide refers to the killing of women, girls, and transgender women for gender-based reasons. Since the 1990s, this violence has been a persistent political problem in Mexico. Beginning with the observation that feminicide photographs have constituted the main means whereby Mexican society becomes familiarised with this problematic, this PhD proposes investigating photojournalism's role in shaping gendered discourses about feminicide and its subjects from 1994 to the present. It will explore the role that press photographs have had in reaffirming feminised bodies' status as 'killable'. Moreover, an examination of feminist artworks seeking to contest dominant modes of coverage will enhance the understanding of photojournalism's ideological biases. Building on both these artistic counter-representation and constellations from my press photographic archive, the study will emphasise how the battle over the visual representation of feminicide is a crucial part of the struggle against social and state necropolitics. The dissertation seeks to provide a new critical framework for assessing the form, meaning, and function of feminicide photography in Mexico. The aim is to contribute to a fuller understanding of the politics of representation of feminicide violence and examine the potential of more ethical forms of addressing feminicide violence.

女性化是指基于性别的原因杀害妇女，女孩和跨性别妇女。自1990年代以来，这种暴力一直是墨西哥的持续政治问题。从观察到女性化照片构成墨西哥社会熟悉这一问题的主要手段的观察开始，该博士提出调查摄影记者在塑造从1994年到现在的关于女性及其主题的性别论述中的作用。它将探讨新闻照片在重申女性化的身体“可杀”状态中所扮演的角色。此外，对寻求争夺主要覆盖方式的女权主义艺术品的检查将增强对摄影记者的意识形态偏见的理解。在我的新闻摄影档案中，基于这些艺术反代理和星座的基础，该研究将强调女性化的视觉表现之战如何是与社会和国家坏死的斗争的关键部分。论文旨在为评估墨西哥女性摄影的形式，含义和功能提供一个新的关键框架。目的是有助于对女性化暴力代表性的政治有更深入的理解，并研究更符合女性化暴力的更道德形式的潜力。