Om man är ny i Sverige kan det ta lång tid innan man förstår svenskars syn på sexualitet : en kritisk diskursanalys av sex- och samlevnadsundervisningsmaterial inom SFI
(2010) MRSK01 20101Human Rights Studies
- Abstract
- The demand for sex education targeting immigrants is a debated issue in Sweden. Generally sex education targeting immigrants has been carried out through Swedish for immigrants (SFI), since it is an educational institution which reaches a lot of newly arrived adults in Sweden.
In this essay I examine two pieces of sex education material which have been used in SFI. The main purpose is to scrutinize how sexuality, gender and ethnicity are being conceptualized in the material and how they inter-sect. The analysis is carried out by using critical discourse analysis (CDA) and examines the hegemonic discourses and ideologies surrounding the con-struction of sexuality in the material.
The study shows how the conceptualization of sexuality is... (More) - The demand for sex education targeting immigrants is a debated issue in Sweden. Generally sex education targeting immigrants has been carried out through Swedish for immigrants (SFI), since it is an educational institution which reaches a lot of newly arrived adults in Sweden.
In this essay I examine two pieces of sex education material which have been used in SFI. The main purpose is to scrutinize how sexuality, gender and ethnicity are being conceptualized in the material and how they inter-sect. The analysis is carried out by using critical discourse analysis (CDA) and examines the hegemonic discourses and ideologies surrounding the con-struction of sexuality in the material.
The study shows how the conceptualization of sexuality is closely linked to constructions of gender and ethnicity and how they together form a “Swedish sexuality”. Furthermore, I also discuss how the sex education ma-terials are normative in its mediation of this Swedish sexuality. (Less)
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- author
- Benitez Caris, Monica LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MRSK01 20101
- year
- 2010
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- sexuality, critical discourse analysis, intersectionality, Swedish for immigrants (SFI), sex education material
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1609110
- date added to LUP
- 2010-11-18 08:49:00
- date last changed
- 2014-09-04 08:27:47
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