<p>ABSTRACT</p><p>A Qualitative Discursive Analysis of Eight Contemporary Geography Books</p><p>Teacher Training with an Intercultural Profile 2006</p><p>Author: Susanne Ljunglöf</p><p>Tutor: Jan-Eric Mattson</p><p>The aim of this paper is to describe which discourses concerning the different continents problems, future and development that I can find in the descriptions of the continents in a number of contemporary geography books.</p><p>The aim has been divided in four questions:</p><p>- Which aspects of the continents problems are expressed in these geography books?</p><p>- Which impressions concerning the continents development and future are expressed in these geography books?</p><p>- Which conceptions about the population in the different continents are expressed in these geography books?</p><p>- Which cultural reference creates these discourses?</p><p>The method used for conducting this study is a text analytical method called general discourse analysis.</p><p>My conclusions:</p><p>- The different continents problems, development and future are described through entirely diverse discourses.</p><p>- The reviewed geography books take their origin i a western perspective in their description of the different continents.</p><p>- As a reader it is always important to be aware of the ethnocentric perspective that could be expressed</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:sh-1040 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Ljunglöf, Susanne |
| Publisher | Södertörn University College, Lärarutbildningen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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