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Jonsson, Ylva, 2017. “Nature is full of rapists” : the representation of animal’s gender behavior in popular science. Second cycle, A2E. Uppsala: SLU, Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

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This master’s thesis in rural development investigates the representations of animals and their social- and gender behavior in a Swedish popular science magazine. How is gender produced and reproduced, and how is language used to establish and maintain existing power relations? These are the questions that this thesis aim to answer. The analysis has been made on selected texts from the magazine Illustrerad Vetenskap year 2015 with focus on, and inspired from, a critical conception of ideology. The result shows that the division of human sexes is made legitimate in Illustrerad Vetenskap by presenting animals as carriers of the “natural” sex roles at the same time as presenting the animals as similar to humans. Further, the female animals are presented as less willing to participate in sexual activities, less active and less rational then the males, and with the main responsibility for nursing offspring.

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Denna mastersuppsats i landsbygdsutveckling undersöker hur djurs genusbeteende representeras i ett svenskt populärvetenskapligt magasin. Hur produceras och reproduceras genus, och hur används språk för att etablera och upprätthålla existerande maktförhållanden mellan könen? Dessa är de två övergripande frågor som ämnas besvaras. Analysen har utförts på utvalda texter från Illustrerad Vetenskaps samtliga nummer från år 2015 med fokus på, och inspiration från, ett kritiskt förhållningssätt till ideologibegreppet. Resultatet visar att uppdelningen av mänskliga kön görs legitima i Illustrerad Vetenskap genom att presentera djur som bärare av de ”naturliga” könsrollerna, samtidigt som de presenteras som människolika. Vidare presenteras hondjur som mindre villiga att para sig, mindre aktiva och rationella, och med det största ansvaret i omhändertagandet av avkommor.

Main title:“Nature is full of rapists”
Subtitle:the representation of animal’s gender behavior in popular science
Authors:Jonsson, Ylva
Supervisor:Bartholdson, Örjan
Examiner:Hansen, Kjell
Series:UNSPECIFIED
Volume/Sequential designation:UNSPECIFIED
Year of Publication:2017
Level and depth descriptor:Second cycle, A2E
Student's programme affiliation:NY007 Agriculture Programme - Rural Development 270 HEC
Supervising department:(NL, NJ) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development
(LTJ, LTV) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development
Keywords:Gender, popular science, ideology
URN:NBN:urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-6287
Permanent URL:
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-6287
Subject. Use of subject categories until 2023-04-30.:Social sciences, humanities and education
Language:English
Deposited On:04 Apr 2017 08:48
Metadata Last Modified:10 Apr 2017 11:29

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