Silent Masculinity

IF 0.9 4区社会学 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Politikon Pub Date : 2023-10-02 DOI:10.22151/politikon.55.3

Sarah Joan Clifford

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Abstract

This paper presents a discursive analysis of the gendering of Alberta’s K-6 Social Studies draft curriculum. It examines if and to what extent the social studies curriculum promotes a gender-less portrayal of history buttressed by a façade of diversity and inclusion. In borrowing from Carol Bacchi’s theories of “what’s the problem represented to be” (WPR) and policies as gendering, it focuses on the discursive positioning of gendered norms and knowledge structures within the curriculum to unearth how the curriculum cultivates traditional masculinist and settler-colonial forms of historical truth while silencing those who contradict these narratives (1999; 2017). Through paying attention to the inclusion of binary gendered representation, their contextual underpinnings, and where gendered absences are positioned, the paper uncovers how the curriculum promotes a return to historical narratives predicated on patriarchal and white thought that pose dire implications for student’s conceptualization(s) of their and their province’s identities.

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沉默的男子气概

本文提出了阿尔伯塔省的K-6社会研究课程草案性别的话语分析。它考察了社会研究课程是否以及在多大程度上促进了一种以多样性和包容性为基础的无性别历史描绘。借鉴卡罗尔·巴奇(Carol Bacchi)的“问题代表是什么”(what’s the problem represented to be, WPR)和性别化政策的理论，本书关注性别化规范和知识结构在课程中的话语定位，以揭示课程如何培养传统的男性主义和定居者-殖民形式的历史真相，同时让那些与这些叙事相矛盾的人沉默(1999;2017)。通过关注二元性别表征的包含、语境基础以及性别缺失的定位，本文揭示了课程如何促进以父权和白人思想为基础的历史叙事的回归，这对学生对他们和他们所在省份身份的概念化构成了可怕的影响。

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Politikon POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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1.90

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0.00%

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审稿时长

32 weeks

期刊介绍： Politikon focuses primarily on South African politics, but not exclusively so. Over the years the journal has published articles by some of the world" leading political scientists, including Arend Lijphart, Samuel Huntingdon, and Philippe Schmitter. It has also featured important contributions from South Africa"s leading political philosophers, political scientists and international relations experts. It has proved an influential journal, particularly in debates over the merits of South Africa"s constitutional reforms (in 1983 and 1994). In the last few years special issues have focused on women and politics in South Africa, and the South African election of 1999.