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Fantastiska feminister: En genusvetenskaplig studie av medial feministisk historieskrivning
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Umeå Centre for Gender Studies (UCGS).
2021 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

The lack of women in historical writing has long been discussed in Sweden and could be understood as an expression of a bigger discourse of Swedish gender equality. With two existing women’s history museums and media debates about women’s representation in history books, it seems to be part of both a Swedish and a feminist discourse. With a starting point that feminism exist within a popular feminist discourse, this essay asks the question what happens when feminist history is made to be popular. By analysing the two tv-shows ‘Den fantastiska historien med Berg & Meltzer’ and ‘Drottningarna’ as well as debates about them, this thesis examines how feminism, and the female subject is created within Swedish historical media. By using a poststructuralist discourse analysis and the theories popularfeminism, postfeminism and fantasy echo, this study analyses how the media as a cultural product creates feminist values, and how ideas about the feminine and the masculine affects the way we understand history. This study shows how the fantasy of a static female identity creates the historical female subject as someone ‘we’ can identify with. Further it shows how feminist historical writing within a popular science discourse seems to leave out important critique about gender roles and structures. The study also argues how a medial feminist history tends to rely on postfeminist and neoliberal assumptions of individual success in order to become more palatable for a broader audience.

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2021. , p. 51
Keywords [sv]
Feministisk historieskrivning, Populärvetenskap, Postfeminism, Populärfeminism, Diskursanalys, Neoliberalism
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Gender Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-208359OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-208359DiVA, id: diva2:1758317
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Available from: 2023-05-22 Created: 2023-05-22 Last updated: 2023-05-22Bibliographically approved

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