TY - JOUR

T1 - Racist mobilisation and sexualisation in the ‘refugee debate’ in Germany

AU - Köttig, Michaela

AU - Sigl, Johanna

N1 - Special issue – Asylum Seekers in the Global Context of Xenophobia

PY - 2020/3/1

Y1 - 2020/3/1

N2 - In our article, we focus on the racist mobilisations that are reflected in the so-called refugee debate in Germany. Special emphasis is placed on the discussion around real and supposed sexualised violence from (young) male refugees towards girls and women. Based on selected examples (Night of New Year’s Eve in Cologne 2015/16, Women’s March and protests after migrant murders of women), we analyse the racialisation of sexism that is being undertaken by the far right, but is being increasingly supported in large parts of society. To explain this phenomenon, we adopt a historical perspective considering Germany’s colonial past and the period of National Socialism.

AB - In our article, we focus on the racist mobilisations that are reflected in the so-called refugee debate in Germany. Special emphasis is placed on the discussion around real and supposed sexualised violence from (young) male refugees towards girls and women. Based on selected examples (Night of New Year’s Eve in Cologne 2015/16, Women’s March and protests after migrant murders of women), we analyse the racialisation of sexism that is being undertaken by the far right, but is being increasingly supported in large parts of society. To explain this phenomenon, we adopt a historical perspective considering Germany’s colonial past and the period of National Socialism.

KW - discourse

KW - gender

KW - racist mobilisation

KW - sexism

KW - Social Work and Social Pedagogics

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85075195700&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1177/1440783319882538

DO - 10.1177/1440783319882538

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:85075195700

VL - 56

SP - 69

EP - 83

JO - The Journal of Sociology

JF - The Journal of Sociology

SN - 1440-7833

IS - 1

ER -