Konstituerandet av "ras" i relation till klass, genus och sexualitet. En komparativ diskursanalys av "ras" under åren 1964 och 2004
Laclaus and Mouffes discourse analysis intersectionality"race"Subject positionsGenderPolitical and administrative sciencesStatsvetenskapFörvaltningskunskapLaw and Political Science
"Race" is often used as a marker to exclude people from a society. What is interesting is not so much what terms that are used to describe people, but by what meaning they are associated with. For this thesis articles published in daily magazines have been the material used. An argument driven in the essay is that identity and oppression is not constituted from one subject position, but from several, such as class, sexuality and gender. The first question posed is how "race" is constituted through discourses throughout the subject positions class, sexuality and gender. To trace changes in the discourse over time a comparative discourse analysis of 1964 and 2004 has been made. The methodological approach, both as a theory and method, has been the discourse analysis of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe. I have found that "race" matters, both in 1964 and in 2004, even if how it is significant has changed. Central is also that gender, class and sexuality shows impact on how "race" is portrayed during 1964 and 2004 in the Swedish daily magazine Sydsvenska Dagbladet.