Makt, kön och genus i läroböcker : En analys av läroböcker i samhällskunskap för gymnasiet

Sammanfattning: The thesis studies power and gender in textbooks used to teach Social Science in upper secondary school. The purpose of the study was to investigate how men, women and sexual orientations are portrayed in textbooks. In this investigation, seven Social Science books have been studied. Four of them were published before 2011 and three were published after 2011. The theory used is the gender system formulated by Yvonne Hirdman, Judith Butler's discussion of social and biological gender, and Virginia Sapiro's thoughts on representation. The research method used is discourse analysis, in which an expanded text concept is used; the expanded concept covers images and illustrations in addition to texts.   Among other things, the results show that women are described as taking more responsibility for the home and the children, even though men are said to take more responsibility than before. The textbooks mainly use gender-neutral language, but that is not always the case. The use of gender terms risks creating incorrect perceptions and norms. The study has shown that each book has both strengths and weaknesses regarding gender. However, the study does not recommend any book in particular. Thus, the teachers are urged to critically study the textbooks they use in order to problematize parts of the content.