(De)constructing the 'Third World Woman' in International Gender-Equality Development advocacy: a postcolonial feminist discourse analysis of identity constructions in RFSU´s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights advocacy
(2013) GNVK01 20131Department of Gender Studies
- Abstract
- This thesis explores the causes and ramifications of representing women in gender-equality advocacy within the realm of International Development cooperation’s. This study shows that through representing the issues of development and the people for whom they are aimed - we risk constructing and reconstructing conceptions of what the postcolonial feminist field of studies calls ´third world difference´, meaning differences between ´western´ women and ´third world´ women. Through asking the questions ´How does gender correlate with nationality and ethnicity in the empirical data?,´ and ´In what ways can the images reinforce and/or challenge stereotypical images of gender and ethnicity?´ in analyzing material from the Swedish Association for... (More)
- This thesis explores the causes and ramifications of representing women in gender-equality advocacy within the realm of International Development cooperation’s. This study shows that through representing the issues of development and the people for whom they are aimed - we risk constructing and reconstructing conceptions of what the postcolonial feminist field of studies calls ´third world difference´, meaning differences between ´western´ women and ´third world´ women. Through asking the questions ´How does gender correlate with nationality and ethnicity in the empirical data?,´ and ´In what ways can the images reinforce and/or challenge stereotypical images of gender and ethnicity?´ in analyzing material from the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education´s (RFSU) website; dealing with what the organization sees as the focus issues of promoting gender-equality through working with ´Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights´; issues of representation, discourse, and theories from the field of postcolonial studies are discussed. (Less)
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- author
- Hagy, Jennifer LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- GNVK01 20131
- year
- 2013
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), feminist post colonialism, representation, construction/deconstruction, discourse analysis
- language
- English
- id
- 3807706
- date added to LUP
- 2013-09-20 09:59:29
- date last changed
- 2013-09-20 09:59:29
@misc{3807706, abstract = {{This thesis explores the causes and ramifications of representing women in gender-equality advocacy within the realm of International Development cooperation’s. This study shows that through representing the issues of development and the people for whom they are aimed - we risk constructing and reconstructing conceptions of what the postcolonial feminist field of studies calls ´third world difference´, meaning differences between ´western´ women and ´third world´ women. Through asking the questions ´How does gender correlate with nationality and ethnicity in the empirical data?,´ and ´In what ways can the images reinforce and/or challenge stereotypical images of gender and ethnicity?´ in analyzing material from the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education´s (RFSU) website; dealing with what the organization sees as the focus issues of promoting gender-equality through working with ´Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights´; issues of representation, discourse, and theories from the field of postcolonial studies are discussed.}}, author = {{Hagy, Jennifer}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{(De)constructing the 'Third World Woman' in International Gender-Equality Development advocacy: a postcolonial feminist discourse analysis of identity constructions in RFSU´s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights advocacy}}, year = {{2013}}, }