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Title A discourse analysis of the construction of menopause in South African newspapers
Full text http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12062012-103807/
Date 2013
Author(s) Munday, Jessica Leigh
Contributor(s) Ms M Dreckmeier-Meiring; Ms A Prinsloo
Abstract The researcher aimed to explore the construction of menopause through and by available discourses within South Africa. A postmodern paradigm and social constructionist framework informed the choice of discourse analysis as methodology. South African newspapers containing texts related to menopause were utilised. English articles that are available on a publically accessible library database were selected. The basic guideline for selection of 37 texts was the keyword menopause. The researcher identified and explored eight dominant discourses and two supplementary discourses. The researcher concluded that discourses are interconnected and that each discourse is strengthened or resisted by multiple complementary and conflicting discourses forming a network through which society understands and experiences their reality. Copyright © 2012, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria Please cite as follows: Munday, JL 2012, A discourse analysis of the construction of menopause in South African newspapers, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12062012-103807 / > F12/9/323/gm
Subject(s) Psychology
Language en-uk
Publisher University of Pretoria
Type of publication text
Format application/pdf
Source http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12062012-103807/
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