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Det bortglömda lidandet - En diskursanalys av artiklar skrivna om tvångssterilisering av den svenska staten

Friberg, Amanda LU (2021) GNVK02 20201
Department of Gender Studies
Abstract (Swedish)
In 1997 several articles from the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter. where released about Swedens history with forced sterilization on disabled citizens. The aim of this essay is to analyze the discourses around disabled people and abled people and see the how the journalists write about sterilized citizens. The method chosen for this essay is discourse analysis with the help of Michel Foucault and his theory that to understand a phenomenon, you analyze its opposite.

In the essay I found that there is a difference in the discourses when discussing abled and disabled people. Normalizing of the stereotypes around disabled people where a common theme in the analysis and what was also found was that the articles only discussed people who... (More)
In 1997 several articles from the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter. where released about Swedens history with forced sterilization on disabled citizens. The aim of this essay is to analyze the discourses around disabled people and abled people and see the how the journalists write about sterilized citizens. The method chosen for this essay is discourse analysis with the help of Michel Foucault and his theory that to understand a phenomenon, you analyze its opposite.

In the essay I found that there is a difference in the discourses when discussing abled and disabled people. Normalizing of the stereotypes around disabled people where a common theme in the analysis and what was also found was that the articles only discussed people who today would not be diagnosed as disabled. The articles created sympathy for those who were sterilized because they were poor or another factor that today does not mean you are disabled. To conclude one could see how the articles reproduced the common ideas and images that already existed around people who are disabled. (Less)
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author
Friberg, Amanda LU
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course
GNVK02 20201
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
forced sterilization, disability, able, discourse analysis, normalizing, tvångssterilisering, funktionsnedsättning, normativ, diskursanalys, normalisering
language
Swedish
id
9065563
date added to LUP
2021-09-27 12:22:12
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2021-09-27 12:22:12
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  abstract     = {{In 1997 several articles from the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter. where released about Swedens history with forced sterilization on disabled citizens. The aim of this essay is to analyze the discourses around disabled people and abled people and see the how the journalists write about sterilized citizens. The method chosen for this essay is discourse analysis with the help of Michel Foucault and his theory that to understand a phenomenon, you analyze its opposite.

In the essay I found that there is a difference in the discourses when discussing abled and disabled people. Normalizing of the stereotypes around disabled people where a common theme in the analysis and what was also found was that the articles only discussed people who today would not be diagnosed as disabled. The articles created sympathy for those who were sterilized because they were poor or another factor that today does not mean you are disabled. To conclude one could see how the articles reproduced the common ideas and images that already existed around people who are disabled.}},
  author       = {{Friberg, Amanda}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Det bortglömda lidandet - En diskursanalys av artiklar skrivna om tvångssterilisering av den svenska staten}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}