A discourse analysis of the construction of menopause in South African newspapers

dc.contributor.advisorDreckmeier-Meiring, Marnaen
dc.contributor.advisorPrinsloo, A. (Adri)en
dc.contributor.emailjessica.m@mweb.co.zaen
dc.contributor.postgraduateMunday, Jessica Leighen
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-07T18:09:59Z
dc.date.available2013-01-11en
dc.date.available2013-09-07T18:09:59Z
dc.date.created2012-09-06en
dc.date.issued2013-01-11en
dc.date.submitted2012-12-06en
dc.descriptionDissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2013.en
dc.description.abstractThe 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. Copyrighten
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dc.description.departmentPsychologyen
dc.identifier.citationMunday, JL 2012, A discourse analysis of the construction of menopause in South African newspapers, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30163 >en
dc.identifier.otherF12/9/323/gmen
dc.identifier.upetdurlhttp://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12062012-103807/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/30163
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights© 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 Pretoriaen
dc.subjectMidlifeen
dc.subjectQualitativeen
dc.subjectMenopauseen
dc.subjectPostmodernen
dc.subjectReflexivityen
dc.subjectDiscourseen
dc.subjectConstructionismen
dc.subjectWomenen
dc.subjectParkeren
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.titleA discourse analysis of the construction of menopause in South African newspapersen
dc.typeDissertationen

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