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Knowledges of Reading: An Analysis of Swedish Literature Policy 2012-2013
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- Lindsköld, Linnéa, 1985- (author)
- Högskolan i Borås,Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT
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- Lundh, Anna Hampson (author)
- Högskolan i Borås,Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT
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- Hedemark, Åse (author)
- Uppsala universitet
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(creator_code:org_t)
- 2018
- 2018
- English.
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Abstract
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- The paper explores problematisations of reading in current Swedish literature policy through a discourse analysis of the Swedish Government Commission report on Literature from 2012 and the following Government bill from 2013. The analysis focuses on problematisations of the reading citizen and the knowledge practices that have made these problematisations possible. A central problematisation is the declining reading literacy of children and youth, threatening children's learning and development; democracy; "the culture of reading"; Sweden's economic competitiveness; and the market for Swedish literature. This problematisation produce dividing practices around problematic non-readers and themore desirable readers. Other dividing practices can be identified around youth/adult, pupil/teacher, child/parent, and son/father where the latter should educate the former about the virtues of reading. Underpinning these problematisations are knowledge practices where instrumental policy actions, based on seemingly rational, objective, and empirical research is paired with humanistic building values.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Other Social Sciences -- Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified (hsv//eng)
- HUMANIORA -- Språk och litteratur -- Litteraturvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- HUMANITIES -- Languages and Literature -- General Literary Studies (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- literature policy
- politics of reading
- discourse
- knowledge practices
- Library and Information Science
- Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap
Publication and Content Type
- vet (subject category)
- kon (subject category)
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