Essays about: "Matts Anvin"
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1. Racial Representation in Swedish Children´s Picture Books : A Reflection of Hegemonic Whiteness
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : In this thesis, through critically analysing images and text in a selection of Swedish children's picture books, the aim is to investigate how white and non-white bodies are represented, and how racial differences between these white and non-white bodies are depicted and racial meanings addressed. Theoretical concepts from within the field of Critical race- and Whiteness studies are applied, to demonstrate how hegemonic whiteness and colour-blindness as discourse is prevalent in these children´s books, which is achieved by using non-white characters as tokens. READ MORE