This Master Thesis analysis gender-specific representations of Syrian women and men in selected British and German newspaper articles in the current refugee situation in Europe. The Discourse...Show moreThis Master Thesis analysis gender-specific representations of Syrian women and men in selected British and German newspaper articles in the current refugee situation in Europe. The Discourse-historical Approach provides the means to examine the ways in which specific social identities and cultural categories are used to turn Syrian refugees into ’the Oriental Other’ and to make this portrayal seem ’natural’ in the European context. Moreover the interlinkage between identity, migration, religion and gender is discussed. The analysis shows that the process of naturalising images of Syrian refugees differs between the two countries as well as between the national newspapers.Show less
