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Den osynliga läggningen: diskursanalys av kvinnlig bisexualitet i självbiografiska texter och faktatexter

Granlund, Love LU (2015) GNVK01 20151
Department of Gender Studies
Abstract
The aim of the thesis is to explore discourses on bisexuality focusing on bisexual women and the relationship between bisexuality and other sexualities. The material contains both factual texts (information texts) and autobiographical texts (blogs) written by self identified bisexual women. The texts are analyzed with Laclau and Mouffe’s discourse theory. The analysis is divided into three chapters: Prejudices and replies, Bisexuality and pansexuality and Homosexuality – bisexuality – heterosexuality.
According to my results the bisexual woman is a double antagonistic subject position. My results also show that there is an unclear relationship between bisexuality an pansexuality and that bisexuality poses as a threat to the positions of... (More)
The aim of the thesis is to explore discourses on bisexuality focusing on bisexual women and the relationship between bisexuality and other sexualities. The material contains both factual texts (information texts) and autobiographical texts (blogs) written by self identified bisexual women. The texts are analyzed with Laclau and Mouffe’s discourse theory. The analysis is divided into three chapters: Prejudices and replies, Bisexuality and pansexuality and Homosexuality – bisexuality – heterosexuality.
According to my results the bisexual woman is a double antagonistic subject position. My results also show that there is an unclear relationship between bisexuality an pansexuality and that bisexuality poses as a threat to the positions of heterosexuality and homosexuality in it’s endeavor to change their meaning. (Less)
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author
Granlund, Love LU
supervisor
organization
course
GNVK01 20151
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
bisexual women, bisexuality, discourse, prejudice
language
Swedish
id
5468458
date added to LUP
2015-06-18 11:14:23
date last changed
2015-06-18 11:14:23
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  abstract     = {{The aim of the thesis is to explore discourses on bisexuality focusing on bisexual women and the relationship between bisexuality and other sexualities. The material contains both factual texts (information texts) and autobiographical texts (blogs) written by self identified bisexual women. The texts are analyzed with Laclau and Mouffe’s discourse theory. The analysis is divided into three chapters: Prejudices and replies, Bisexuality and pansexuality and Homosexuality – bisexuality – heterosexuality.
According to my results the bisexual woman is a double antagonistic subject position. My results also show that there is an unclear relationship between bisexuality an pansexuality and that bisexuality poses as a threat to the positions of heterosexuality and homosexuality in it’s endeavor to change their meaning.}},
  author       = {{Granlund, Love}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Den osynliga läggningen: diskursanalys av kvinnlig bisexualitet i självbiografiska texter och faktatexter}},
  year         = {{2015}},
}