Children's right to their bodies is something that is constantly relevant in society and this essay is based on preschool teachers' ideas about children's bodies. The purpose of this study is to investigate which discourses govern preschool teachers' perceptions of children's bodies in their practice. The purpose is also to examine power structures based on preschool teachers' ideas about children's bodies from an intersectional perspective. The essay uses theories such as subject positions, discourses and power order. In the essay, there are 15 participants who have worked in the preschool between 1 year and 20 years. The method is questionnaire questions and it´s a qualitative study in that the essay has a scientific approach from a Poststructuralist direction. The thesis theoretical approach is based on Ernesto Laclau & Chantal Mouffe discourse analysis. In results and analysis, it becomes clear that children'sbodies construct by a child having, receiving and being given different subject positions in different discourses. The pre-school teachers' performances revealed six basic discourses with four sub-discourses. These discourses and subject positions are made visible, fighting with and against each other. The first discourse is a person with rights. which includes a subject position such as that children are considered a human being with rights and the right to be different. The second discourse is a gender binary discourse that is influenced by discourse based on appearance. Subject positions are girl and boy. The third discourse is a discourse on gender identity that is also affected by a future discourse. Subject positions are gender identities that are made visible, invisible and created while waiting for the gender identity to be found and to find oneself in the future. The fourth discourse is discourses about Swedishness and which are also influenced by a family discourse. Subject positions are children with a foreign background and culture as well as children born in Sweden who are“expected” to have a Swedish culture. The family background also becomes something that affects children's subject position. The fifth discourse is a discourse on integrity and sexuality that is influenced by a discourse on protecting and teaching the child. Subject positions are that the child is both strong, protective, vulnerable and independent. Something that is also asub-discourse is health discourse. Subject positions that the child receives are healthy, unhealthy and active. The sixth discourse is the discourse of the body as a function. Subject position is that children's body is considered unusual and invisible. The discussion is raised on the basis of a societal level around Christianity, Swedishness and racism, heteronormativity and children's rights. / <p>2022-06-02</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:miun-46254 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Olsson, Madeleine |
| Publisher | Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap |
| 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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