Editors:
- The first volume in English that exemplifies and discusses the budding research field Nordic Girlhood Studies
- Experimental with anthology form through the inclusion of Outlook-essays
- Highly relevant for policy makers interested in girl-related issues as well as professionals working in the youth sector
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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.
Keywords
- girls
- girlhood
- Nordic region
- representations of girls
- girls in literature
- girls in film
- girls’ violence
- feminist pro-girl empowerment books
- beauty pageants
- Finnish voluntary defense movement
- exceptionalism
- secularism
- contemporary sexuality education
- girl power phenomenon
- third wave feminism
- girl blogging
- the Nordic model
- gender equality
- construction of girlhood
- feminist anthropology
Editors and Affiliations
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Umeå Centre for Gender Studies (UCGS), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Bodil Formark
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Finnish Youth Research Network, Helsinki, Finland
Heta Mulari
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Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
Myry Voipio
About the editors
Dr. Bodil Formark, History, has throughout her academic career published both edited collections and articles within the field of Girlhood Studies. She is co-founder and co-ordinator of FlickForsk! Nordic Network for Girlhood Studies at Umeå Centre for Gender Studies, Umeå University.
Dr. Heta Mulari, Cultural History, is a researcher at the Finnish Youth Research Network in Helsinki. Mulari has co-edited anthologies about film history, girlhood studies and media studies, written several book chapters and journal articles.
Dr. Myry Voipio, Literature, is a children’s and youth literature researcher and author. Besides writing academic research and children’s fiction, Voipio works as a children’s and youth literature expert and educator.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nordic Girlhoods
Book Subtitle: New Perspectives and Outlooks
Editors: Bodil Formark, Heta Mulari, Myry Voipio
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65118-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65117-0Published: 23 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87954-3Published: 25 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65118-7Published: 10 October 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 231
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: European Culture, Feminist Anthropology, Feminism