Jenny Björklund
Biographic Data
| ID | 5978097 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jenny Björklund |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jenny |
| FAMILY NAME | Björklund |
| SIGNATURE | BJÖRKLUND J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Uppsala University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Queer Reading Strategies, Swedish Literature, and Historical (In)visibility
When magicians raise their wands and say “now you see it, now you don’t,” rabbits suddenly disappear—and appear again shortly after. Magic happens. For literary scholars, interpreting texts can feel just as magical: after intense study of a text, we suddenly see something we did not see a
Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Queer Reading Strategies, Swedish Literature, and Historical (In)visibility
Research Article| July 01 2020 Now You See It, Now You Don't: Queer Reading Strategies, Swedish Literature, and Historical (In)visibility Jenny Björklund; Jenny Björklund Uppsala University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ann-Sofie Lönngren Ann-Sofie Lönngren Södertörn University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scandinavian Studies (2020) 92 (2): 196–228. https://doi.org/10.5406/scanstud.92.2.…
Motherhood Gone Wrong: Failure as Resistance in Twenty-First Century Swedish Literature
This article investigates three twenty-first century Swedish novels about mothers who leave their children, in light of a contemporary Swedish context, where the nuclear family has gained a stronger position while mothers struggle to balance different ideals. The novels take issue particularly with cultural ideals of good motherhood in two ways. First, the novels represent mothers who engage in a kind of good motherhood that becomes excessive and…
Killing Family Joy: Mothers on the Run in Twenty-First Century Swedish Literature
“I’ll make sure they know. I’m going to tell them what you did, that you just took off. Left your own children. Fuck” (Myren 9).1 1 All translations from Swedish into English are my own, in collabo
Playing with Pistols: Female Masculinity in Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler
The lead character of Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler (1890) one of the most complex and puzzling characters in the history of theater. When the play was published and performed for the first time in the 1890s, it was received with cold surprise and disorientation, and critics found it incomprehensible (Host 1958, 12; Templeton 1997, 204). Over the years, the character Hedda has been interpreted in many different ways: as unreal, as a defective woman…
Figurative Space in the Novels of Cora Sandel. Scandinavian Women Writers 4
Book Review| April 01 2012 Figurative Space in the Novels of Cora Sandel. Scandinavian Women Writers 4 Figurative Space in the Novels of Cora Sandel. Scandinavian Women Writers 4, Ellen Rees. Jenny Björklund Jenny Björklund Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scandinavian Studies (2012) 84 (1): 120–122. https://doi.org/10.2307/23343484 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site …
Angela McRobbie. The Aftermath of Feminism: Gender, Culture and Social Change
Where is feminism at today? Are we in a post-feminist condition? Is there such a thing as a third wave feminism? In her latest book, London Professor of Communications Angela McRobbie enters into t
Queering the Small Town: Lukas Moodysson's Film Show Me Love
Notes1My translation. The language in the movie is Swedish, and all translations from the movie in the following are mine.2Tiina Rosenberg mentions that Show Me Love follows the genre conventions of the romantic movie with the initial introduction of the love object, the first love encounter, the obstacles that follow, and the final scene picturing the union of the lovers (“Det nya Lukas-evangeliet” 30). Karin Nikolajevna argues that Moodysson's …
Motherhood Gone Wrong: Failure as Resistance in Twenty-First Century Swedish Literature
This article investigates three twenty-first century Swedish novels about mothers who leave their children, in light of a contemporary Swedish context, where the nuclear family has gained a stronger position while mothers struggle to balance different ideals. The novels take issue particularly with cultural ideals of good motherhood in two ways. First, the novels represent mothers who engage in a kind of good motherhood that becomes excessive and…
Playing with Pistols: Female Masculinity in Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler
The lead character of Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler (1890) one of the most complex and puzzling characters in the history of theater. When the play was published and performed for the first time in the 1890s, it was received with cold surprise and disorientation, and critics found it incomprehensible (Host 1958, 12; Templeton 1997, 204). Over the years, the character Hedda has been interpreted in many different ways: as unreal, as a defective woman…
Angela McRobbie. The Aftermath of Feminism: Gender, Culture and Social Change
Where is feminism at today? Are we in a post-feminist condition? Is there such a thing as a third wave feminism? In her latest book, London Professor of Communications Angela McRobbie enters into t
Queering the Small Town: Lukas Moodysson's Film Show Me Love
Notes1My translation. The language in the movie is Swedish, and all translations from the movie in the following are mine.2Tiina Rosenberg mentions that Show Me Love follows the genre conventions of the romantic movie with the initial introduction of the love object, the first love encounter, the obstacles that follow, and the final scene picturing the union of the lovers (“Det nya Lukas-evangeliet” 30). Karin Nikolajevna argues that Moodysson's …
Figurative Space in the Novels of Cora Sandel. Scandinavian Women Writers 4
Book Review| April 01 2012 Figurative Space in the Novels of Cora Sandel. Scandinavian Women Writers 4 Figurative Space in the Novels of Cora Sandel. Scandinavian Women Writers 4, Ellen Rees. Jenny Björklund Jenny Björklund Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scandinavian Studies (2012) 84 (1): 120–122. https://doi.org/10.2307/23343484 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site …
Playing with Pistols: Female Masculinity in Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler
The lead character of Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler (1890) one of the most complex and puzzling characters in the history of theater. When the play was published and performed for the first time in the 1890s, it was received with cold surprise and disorientation, and critics found it incomprehensible (Host 1958, 12; Templeton 1997, 204). Over the years, the character Hedda has been interpreted in many different ways: as unreal, as a defective woman…
Motherhood Gone Wrong: Failure as Resistance in Twenty-First Century Swedish Literature
This article investigates three twenty-first century Swedish novels about mothers who leave their children, in light of a contemporary Swedish context, where the nuclear family has gained a stronger position while mothers struggle to balance different ideals. The novels take issue particularly with cultural ideals of good motherhood in two ways. First, the novels represent mothers who engage in a kind of good motherhood that becomes excessive and…
Killing Family Joy: Mothers on the Run in Twenty-First Century Swedish Literature
“I’ll make sure they know. I’m going to tell them what you did, that you just took off. Left your own children. Fuck” (Myren 9).1 1 All translations from Swedish into English are my own, in collabo
Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Queer Reading Strategies, Swedish Literature, and Historical (In)visibility
When magicians raise their wands and say “now you see it, now you don’t,” rabbits suddenly disappear—and appear again shortly after. Magic happens. For literary scholars, interpreting texts can feel just as magical: after intense study of a text, we suddenly see something we did not see a
Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Queer Reading Strategies, Swedish Literature, and Historical (In)visibility
Research Article| July 01 2020 Now You See It, Now You Don't: Queer Reading Strategies, Swedish Literature, and Historical (In)visibility Jenny Björklund; Jenny Björklund Uppsala University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ann-Sofie Lönngren Ann-Sofie Lönngren Södertörn University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scandinavian Studies (2020) 92 (2): 196–228. https://doi.org/10.5406/scanstud.92.2.…
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