Here, Björklund shows that Swedish literary discourses on lesbianism provocatively contrast with a widely accepted view that attitudes toward homosexuality have gradually become more tolerant. The lasting power of negative discourses upends the assumption that Sweden's progressive laws reflect progressive attitudes toward homosexuality.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: J. Björklund
EAN: 9781137364951
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 3845 g
HEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave Macmillan
DATE PUBLISHED: 2014-06-05
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GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
WIDTH: 140 cm
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Book Themes:
Sweden, Swedish, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Relating to lesbians, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics
"Jenny Björklund traces the theme of lesbianism in Swedish literature in a beautifully systematic way, covering the developments of the past seventy-five years. As the book itself claims, there are many assumptions about Sweden regarding its progressiveness on gender issues, and Björklund provides valuable political and historical contexts in order to both correct and support some of these assumptions." - Susan Brantly, Professor of Scandinavian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Jenny Björklund is an Associate Professor of Gender Studies at Uppsala University, Sweden.
