Nordic Girlhoods: New Perspectives And Outlooks
by Bodil Formark /
2017 / English / PDF
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This edited collection is an interdisciplinary and dialogical
endeavor focused on the field of Nordic Girlhood Studies. It
investigates young femininity as well as the key themes and
concepts of Girlhood Studies, including girl power, feminisms,
femininity, gender equality, postfeminism and sexualities in the
specific cultural, historical and political context of the Nordic
region. The chapters of the book consist of thematic case
studies, including memories of girl power in the Finnish context,
gendered harassment experienced and explained by Finnish girls,
troublesome girlhood within the Swedish context and girls’
subjectification projects in Nordic welfare state. Further, the
case studies are accompanied by dialogical Outlook-essays, where
researchers either outside Nordic region or from adjacent
research fields reflect on Nordic Girlhood Studies through
comparisons and reflections form their vantage point. The book
will be of scholarly interest to researchers and students working
especially on the fields of Girlhood Studies, Youth Studies,
Gender Studies, Sociology and Cultural Studies both within the
Nordic region and outside.
This edited collection is an interdisciplinary and dialogical
endeavor focused on the field of Nordic Girlhood Studies. It
investigates young femininity as well as the key themes and
concepts of Girlhood Studies, including girl power, feminisms,
femininity, gender equality, postfeminism and sexualities in the
specific cultural, historical and political context of the Nordic
region. The chapters of the book consist of thematic case
studies, including memories of girl power in the Finnish context,
gendered harassment experienced and explained by Finnish girls,
troublesome girlhood within the Swedish context and girls’
subjectification projects in Nordic welfare state. Further, the
case studies are accompanied by dialogical Outlook-essays, where
researchers either outside Nordic region or from adjacent
research fields reflect on Nordic Girlhood Studies through
comparisons and reflections form their vantage point. The book
will be of scholarly interest to researchers and students working
especially on the fields of Girlhood Studies, Youth Studies,
Gender Studies, Sociology and Cultural Studies both within the
Nordic region and outside.