Love and Other Mistakes

by Jessica Kate

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780785229582
Publisher:	Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date:	07/30/2019
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Political Scene of Love: Agnes von Krusenstjerna and the 1930s 2. Sexual Revolution? Annakarin Svedberg and the 1960s 3. Challenging the Image of Sweden: Louise Boije af Gennäs, Mian Lodalen and the Turn of the Millennium 4. Conclusion: The Literary Discourse on Lesbianism

Editorial Reviews

"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

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