Malmö University Publications
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Strikingly feminine - En kritisk diskursanalys av genusbias inom historisk självskadeforskning
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS).
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS).
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS).
2019 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [sv]

Den unga, ångestfyllda tonårsflickan som skär sig i armarna är en väletablerad kulturell figur. Så väletablerad att hon har en given och exklusiv plats inom forskningsfältet självskada, även om nya rön kontinuerligt läggs fram som beskriver en annan verklighet. Denna studie undersöker vilka föreställningar om kön och genus som historiskt kan ha format kunskapsbildningen kring fenomenet självskada, samt under vilka omständigheter dessa tanketraditioner stammar ur. För att besvara denna frågeställning har vi utgått ifrån en kritisk diskursanalys av signifikant vetenskaplig litteratur inom ämnet. Studien har granskat några av de mest citerade artiklarna från 1900-talets senare hälft, utifrån den sociala och diskursiva praxis som framträder i texterna. Genom resultatet framgick att gamla föreställningar om femininitet har färgat forskningen. Dagens etablerade idealtyp har sin bakgrund i Freudianska idéer om avvikande könsroller, vilket kontinuerligt har figurerat och reproducerats i forskningen de senaste 50 åren. I resultatet har det gått att utröna en avtagande trend av explicita yttranden kring dessa idéer, till fördel för mer implicita antaganden och subtextuella ställningstaganden. Studiens resultat blottlägger den diskrepans som existerar inom fältet, samt konsekvenserna dessa förgivettaganden får för forskning och behandling.

Abstract [en]

The young, anxiety-ridden teenage girl that cuts her arms is a well-established cultural figure. So well established in fact, that she has an affixed and exclusive position within the research field of self-harm, in spite of the fact that new research posits a different reality. This study examines what notions regarding sex and gender may have influenced the history of knowledge pertaining to the self-harm phenomena, and under what circumstances these ideas stem from. We try to answer these questions by means of a critical discourse analysis of historically influential research papers on the matter. The study offers a textual analysis of some of the most cited scientific articles from the latter half of the 20th century, as well as an analysis of the processes in which they were produced and received, and what socio-historical conditions were prevalent at the time. Our results showed that old doctrines about femininity have left a lasting mark upon this field. Todays established ideal type is sprung from Freudian ideas about deviant gender roles and these ideas have continuously been reproduced within research for the past 50 years. In our results we note a declining trend in explicit statements about these ideas, in favor of more implicit assumptions and subtextual positing. The result of the study exposes the discrepancy that exists within the field, as well as the consequences such presupposition have on research and treatment.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Malmö universitet/Hälsa och samhälle , 2019. , p. 42
Keywords [sv]
Genus, Genussystem, Hegemonisk maskulinitet, Kritisk diskursanalys, Självskada, Självskadebeteende
National Category
Social Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-24730Local ID: 29948OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-24730DiVA, id: diva2:1486151
Educational program
HS Socialt arbete
Supervisors
Examiners
Available from: 2020-11-02 Created: 2020-11-02Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

fulltext(586 kB)150 downloads
File information
File name FULLTEXT01.pdfFile size 586 kBChecksum SHA-512
c945f9503ec75a5eec5e52d34db35a3e0f11fb8881d8db98b952f220d129bddd89b8701c88e312d53167be1e85cb1050728219e00bc272c1f5e48120a643b021
Type fulltextMimetype application/pdf

By organisation
Faculty of Health and Society (HS)
Social Sciences

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
Total: 150 downloads
The number of downloads is the sum of all downloads of full texts. It may include eg previous versions that are now no longer available

urn-nbn

Altmetric score

urn-nbn
Total: 136 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf