Male and female in history textbook : A study of how three history textbook authors approaches the historical representations of male and female tasks, places and traits

The purpose of this study has been to investigate which approach history textbooks authors have towards the historical representations of male respective female tasks, places and traits, aswell as how these representations relates to the gender perspective in Gy 11.In this study three history textbooks are analyzed with the help of a discourse analysis based on a sender-oriented interpretation strategy and Yvonne Hirdman’s gender system. The result shows that all history textbooks authors in general have a critical approach towards the historical aswell as the contemporary representation of male respective female tasks, places and traits and that this is in line with the gender perspective in Gy 11. In the concluding discussion it is established that the result of this study differ from previous studies regarding the presence of dominating male norms, the separation of male and female aswell as the lack of gender perspective.