Feminism as Power and Resistance: An Inquiry into Different Forms of Swedish Feminist Resistance and Anti-Genderist Reactions

This article explores how resistance and power are intertwined within the field of mainstream Swedish feminism, by analyzing some of its more visible expressions and strategies. These feminist resistance strategies could be described as circulating resistance (e.g., the #metoo campaign), public asse...

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Main Authors:	Mona Lilja, Evelina Johansson
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cogitatio 2018-11-01
Series:	Social Inclusion
Subjects:	anti-genderism feminism gender popular assemblies power resistance Sweden state feminism
Online Access:	https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/1545

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spelling	doaj-29721e23e96143b19bf64cb9357afcea2020-11-25T00:52:56ZengCogitatioSocial Inclusion2183-28032018-11-0164829410.17645/si.v6i4.1545870Feminism as Power and Resistance: An Inquiry into Different Forms of Swedish Feminist Resistance and Anti-Genderist ReactionsMona Lilja0Evelina Johansson1School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, SwedenDepartment of Cultural Studies, University of Gothenburg, SwedenThis article explores how resistance and power are intertwined within the field of mainstream Swedish feminism, by analyzing some of its more visible expressions and strategies. These feminist resistance strategies could be described as circulating resistance (e.g., the #metoo campaign), public assemblies, the more subtle “disciplinary resistance”, and state feminism. The article illustrates how these different forms of resistance fuel different reactions from movements that reiterate different discourses of “anti-genderism”. In addition, some forms of feminism (state feminism and feminist disciplinary resistance) sometimes develop into, or overlap with, different technologies of power.https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/1545anti-genderismfeminismgenderpopular assembliespowerresistanceSwedenstate feminism
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title	Feminism as Power and Resistance: An Inquiry into Different Forms of Swedish Feminist Resistance and Anti-Genderist Reactions
title_short	Feminism as Power and Resistance: An Inquiry into Different Forms of Swedish Feminist Resistance and Anti-Genderist Reactions
title_full	Feminism as Power and Resistance: An Inquiry into Different Forms of Swedish Feminist Resistance and Anti-Genderist Reactions
title_fullStr	Feminism as Power and Resistance: An Inquiry into Different Forms of Swedish Feminist Resistance and Anti-Genderist Reactions
title_full_unstemmed	Feminism as Power and Resistance: An Inquiry into Different Forms of Swedish Feminist Resistance and Anti-Genderist Reactions
title_sort	feminism as power and resistance: an inquiry into different forms of swedish feminist resistance and anti-genderist reactions
publisher	Cogitatio
series	Social Inclusion
issn	2183-2803
publishDate	2018-11-01
description	This article explores how resistance and power are intertwined within the field of mainstream Swedish feminism, by analyzing some of its more visible expressions and strategies. These feminist resistance strategies could be described as circulating resistance (e.g., the #metoo campaign), public assemblies, the more subtle “disciplinary resistance”, and state feminism. The article illustrates how these different forms of resistance fuel different reactions from movements that reiterate different discourses of “anti-genderism”. In addition, some forms of feminism (state feminism and feminist disciplinary resistance) sometimes develop into, or overlap with, different technologies of power.
topic	anti-genderism feminism gender popular assemblies power resistance Sweden state feminism
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Feminism as Power and Resistance: An Inquiry into Different Forms of Swedish Feminist Resistance and Anti-Genderist Reactions

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