“I loved her so much, but I killed her” Romantic love as a representational frame for intimate partner femicide in three Italian newspapers

In Italy law has accepted “honour crimes” perpetrated by men until little more than 30 years ago. As cultural dimensions are often slower to change, it is interesting to analyze the capacity to account for femicides in the press in a period in which the topic has become more and more relevant all ov...

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Main Authors: Chiara GIUS, Pina LALLI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Etudes Scientifiques Spécialisées Appliquées aux Communications Humaines, Economiques, Sociales et Symboliques 2014-12-01
Series:Essachess
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Online Access:http://www.essachess.com/index.php/jcs/article/view/249/280