J. Björklund

Broschiertes Buch

Lesbianism in Swedish Literature

An Ambiguous Affair

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Jenny Björklund is an Associate Professor of Gender Studies at Uppsala University, Sweden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-47362-5
• 1st ed. 2014
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 287g
• ISBN-13: 9781349473625
• ISBN-10: 1349473626
• Artikelnr.: 45077518

Rezensionen

"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