Entrenching heterosexuality through language in South African Life Orientation (LO) textbooks

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dc.contributor.authorWilmot, M.
dc.contributor.authorNaidoo, D.
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-21T10:07:12Z
dc.date.available2018-06-21T10:07:12Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractStudies of the representation of sexualities in textbooks have tended to focus on inclusion and coverage of diverse content through thematic analysis. This analysis of a sample of LO textbooks is framed by the systematic linguistic framework of critical discourse analysis (CDA), specifically Fairclough’s (2001) theory of discourse as ideological meanings encoded in text. The sections on sex education in three popularly used LO textbooks have been analysed to make explicit the heteronormative meanings conveyed through language used. This article provides insight into how the language in the LO texts function to legitimate the dominant discourse of a particular type of heterosexuality: monogamy for the primary purpose of reproduction. The implications of this bias are raised and recommendations for fair representation of LGBT sexual orientations are made.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWilmot, M., & Naidoo, D. 2017. Entrenching heterosexuality through language in South African Life Orientation (LO) textbooks. Perspectives in Education, 34(1), 1-14.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0258-2236 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2519-593X (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18820/2519593X/pie.v35i1.1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/8539
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherFaculty of Education, University of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderFaculty of Education, University of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectCritical discourse analysisen_ZA
dc.subjectSemiosisen_ZA
dc.subjectHeterosexualityen_ZA
dc.subjectTextbook studiesen_ZA
dc.titleEntrenching heterosexuality through language in South African Life Orientation (LO) textbooksen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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