The Construction of Imaginaries of Power and Authority in High School History Textbooks: A Gender Perspective
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https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2026-2251Keywords:
Gender perspective, Androcentrism, Stereotypes, Inequality, Education, History, Narrative, EqualityAbstract
Introduction: The inclusion of a gender perspective in education is fundamental to forming a critical citizenry and understanding the roots of inequality. Despite legal advances, stereotypes and the sexual division of labour persist in textbooks, which continue to reproduce an androcentric narrative where the masculine is universal and the feminine is marginal. Methodology: This research carries out a qualitative and comparative analysis with a gender perspective of school textbooks on the subject of History at different educational stages, with the aim of assessing their contribution to an egalitarian educational narrative. Results: The research concludes that the incorporation of the gender perspective in History textbooks is essential for a democratic education, but its application continues to be superficial, unequal and decreasing as one moves through the educational system, in which an androcentric narrative is reproduced, gender stereotypes are reinforced and the imaginary of power is hierarchised. Conclusions: The historical narrative must be constructed from a critical, inclusive and intersectional perspective that incorporates gender equality and human rights as central axes.
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