Tystnaden pryder kvinnan: Bristen på feministiska perspektiv i undervisningsmaterialet i klassiska språk

Abstract

This article investigates the crisis in Classical Studies in Sweden. We identify two crises in Classical Studies: one concerning the changes in the education and the other concerning the way in which women are represented in educational material. For this reason the article investigates if and how women are represented in Greek and Latin educational material in higher education in Sweden. The material is investigated using a feminist pedagogical gaze and in doing so we wish to show how values concerning women are communicated through the educational material. Focusing on women the article seeks to uncover patterns that are largely unchallenged in Classical Studies in Sweden. The article comes to the conclusion that the educational material is structured by a male norm, that women are not only underrepresented, but when they are indeed visible, the representation is misogynic. The article therefore argues that more research into how women are represented is needed in order to change negative attitudes to women in the educational material.