The purpose of this study has been to investigate which approach history textbooks authors have towards the historical representations of male respective female tasks, places and traits, aswell as how these representations relates to the gender perspective in Gy 11.In this study three history textbooks are analyzed with the help of a discourse analysis based on a sender-oriented interpretation strategy and Yvonne Hirdman’s gender system. The result shows that all history textbooks authors in general have a critical approach towards the historical aswell as the contemporary representation of male respective female tasks, places and traits and that this is in line with the gender perspective in Gy 11. In the concluding discussion it is established that the result of this study differ from previous studies regarding the presence of dominating male norms, the separation of male and female aswell as the lack of gender perspective.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hj-57618 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Johansson, Filip |
| Publisher | Jönköping University, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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