The power of positioning:: On the normalisation of gender,race/ethnicity, nation and class positions in a Swedish social work textbook

The power of positioning: : On the normalisation of gender,race/ethnicity, nation and class positions in a Swedish social work textbook

Fahlgren, Siv, 1949- (author): Mittuniversitetet,Institutionen för socialt arbete (-2013),Challenging Normalization processes

Sawyer, Lena S., 1968 (author): Mittuniversitetet,Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för socialt arbete,Department of Social Work,Institutionen för socialt arbete (-2013),Challenging normalization processes

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Informa UK Limited, 2011
2011
English.
In: Gender and Education. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0954-0253 .- 1360-0516. ; 23:5, s. 535-548

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Abstract Subject headings

This article presents a feminist reading of a Swedish social work academic textbook as a case study. We use a discourse analytic approach and positioning theory, focusing on author positions through different story lines. The aim is to make visible how differences are created and positions of the author/reader normalised in terms of gender, race/ethnicity and class. The analysis illustrates how the organisation of the book privileges a particular story line by presenting gender research in a special section of the book and as a perspective. A neutral, unmarked author position is assumed, presented as a common 'we' by identifying 'women researchers' and 'feminist' points of departure as different. If the unmarked author/reader 'we' position appears desirable and morally superior, the clients' gender, ethnicity and class are often openly discussed in relation to social problems, positioning them as 'the other'. Finally there is also a story line of more critical and ambivalent knowledge positions.

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Internationell migration och etniska relationer (hsv//swe)
SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Other Social Sciences -- International Migration and Ethnic Relations (hsv//eng)
SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Genusstudier (hsv//swe)
SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Other Social Sciences -- Gender Studies (hsv//eng)

gender
intersectionality
normalisation
family assessment
textbook; academic; gender; positioning theory; normalisation; ethnicity; social work
Gender studies

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SOCIAL SCIENCES: SOCIAL SCIENCES; and Other Social Sci ...; and International Mi ...

SOCIAL SCIENCES: SOCIAL SCIENCES; and Other Social Sci ...; and Gender Studies

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