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Beelden van prostituees: De discursieve strijd om de subjectpositie

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Abstract

The conceptual framework of the discourse theory of Laclau and Mouffe and a literature study on prostitution are used to analyse the articulation of the different identities of the prostitute, focussing on the antagonism between the prostitute as an object and the prostitute as a subject. This macro-contextual analysis is related to the micro-contextual content analysis of 319 articles, published in five Flemish newspapers, to show the hegemony of the object oriented discourse. The main nodal point of this discourse - the prostitute as a victim - is articulated in a chain of equivalence with the illegal, foreign or deviant prostitute, with the prostitute as an abstract object of policy, who remains anonymous and is reduced to silence. References to the subject-oriented discourse and its nodal points self-determination and prostitution as labour are a rare occurrence.

How to Cite:

Carpentier, N., (1999) “Beelden van prostituees: De discursieve strijd om de subjectpositie”, Communicatie: tijdschrift voor communicatiewetenschap en mediacultuur 28(2), 21–44. doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/communicatie.91413