Estudios Sobre el Mensaje Periodistico
Volume 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 259-273

Representation of immigrant prostitution in the press. The case of the prostitutes in the Raval district of Barcelona [Representación de la prostitución inmigrante en la prensa. El caso de las prostitutas del barrio del Raval de Barcelona] (Article)

Brosa Hernández J.* , Medina Bravo P.
  • a Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
  • b Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

Abstract

On September 1, 2009, El Pais newspaper published front-page pictures of prostitutes having sex in the Boqueria market in Barcelona. Following these photographs, newspapers and regional television and state echoed the news. This study focuses on the analysis of the news published by newspapers El Pais and La Vanguardia, to consider what image is projected of women engaged in sex work. The results point to a double stigma of women dedicated to prostitution, to fit into the labels of victims and, at the same time, guilty.

Author Keywords

Press Prostitution Immigration El País La Vanguardia

Index Keywords

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84873283098&partnerID=40&md5=49c1e549f4108d339115f460b03c0239
ISSN: 11341629
Cited by: 2
Original Language: Spanish