READING LIST KFL 4060 – FALL 2005
Titles marked with * are from books that have to be purchased. The rest will be in
compendium in Akademika bookshop at Blindern.
1. Introduction
* Rosenbeck, Bente, 1998. ”Nordic women’s studies and gender research”. Fehr, Drude
von der et al. (eds.), Is there a Nordic Feminism? Nordic feminist thought on culture and
society. London: UCL Press. pp 344-357. (24 p.)
Widerberg, Karin, 2000. “Harriet Holter: A Pioneer in Gender Studies and Sociology”
Acta Sociologica 43 (4): 413-420. (7 p.)
2. Theories on gender
* Haavind, Hanne, 1998. “Understanding women in the psychological mode: the
challenge from the experiences of Nordic women”. Fehr, Drude von der et al. (eds.), Is
there a Nordic Feminism? Nordic feminist thought on culture and society. London: UCL
Press. pp 243-271. (29 p.)
* Ve, Hildur, 1998. “Rationality and identity in Norwegian feminism”. Fehr, Drude von
der et al. (eds.), Is there a Nordic Feminism? Nordic feminist thought on culture and
society. London: UCL Press. pp 325-343. (14 p.)
Nielsen, Harriet Bjerrum, 2004. “European Gender Lessons: Girls and boys at scout
camps in Denmark, Portugal, Russia and Slovakia”. Childhood, 11 (2): 207-226. (20 p.)
Rönnblom, Malin, 2004. “Contrasting Discourses of Gender-Equality. Local Women’s
Groups acing Established Politics”. Christensen, Hilda Rømer et al (eds.), Crossing
Borders. Odense: University Press of Southern Denmark. pp 151-167. (17 p.)
Schunter-Kleemann, Susanne, 1995. “Welfare states and family policies in the European
countries”. NORA, (2): 74-86. (13 p.)
3. Gender politics and equality politics
Rossilli, Mariagracia, 2000. “Introduction: The European Union’s Gender Politics.”
Rossilli, Maraigrazia (ed.), Gender Policies in the European Union. New York: Peter
Lang. pp 1-19. (20 p.)
* Borchorst, Anette, 1999. “What is institutionalised gender equality?” Bergquist,
Christina et al. (eds.), Equal Democracies? Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries.
Oslo: Scandinavian University Press. pp 161-166. (5 p.)
* Borchorst, Anette, 1999. “Equal status institutions.” Bergquist, Christina et al. (eds.).
Equal Democracies? Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries. Oslo: Scandinavian
University Press. pp 167-189. (23 p.)
* Borchorst, Anette, 1999. “Gender equality law”. Bergquist, Christina, et al. (eds.),
Equal Democracies? Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries. Oslo: Scandinavian
University Press. pp 190-207. (18 p.)
* Pincus, Ingrid, Janneke van der Ros, 1999. “A question of political will? The state,
local authorities and equal status policy”. Bergquist, Christina et al. (eds.). Equal
Democracies? Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries. Oslo: Scandinavian
University Press. pp 209-232. (25 p.)
Teigen, Mari, 2000. ”The affirmative action controversy”. NORA 8 (2): 63-77. (14 p.)
The Royal Ministry of Children and Family Affairs, Norway, 2000. The Norwegian
Gender Equality Act. (7 p.)
The Royal Ministry of Children and Family Affairs, Norway, 2000. Gender
mainstreaming in Norway: Guide to gender impact assessment of Government policy. (4
p.)
Kjelstad, Randi, 2001. “Gender policies and gender equality”. Kautto, Mikko et al.
Nordic Welfare States in the European Context. London: Routledge. pp 66-97. (32 p.)
3. Gendered division of labour and reconciliation of paid work and family
obligations
Dahl, Tove Stang, 1984. “Women’s Right to Money”. Holter, Harriet (ed.). Patriarchy in
a Welfare Society. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. pp 46-66. (20 p.)
Ellingsæter, Anne Lise, 1999. “Women’s right to work: The interplay of state, market
and women’s agency”. NORA, 2-3 (7): 109-123. (15 p.)
Haavind, Hanne, 1984. “Love and Power in Marriage”. Holter, Harriet, (ed.). Patriarchy
in a Welfare Society. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. pp 46-66. (32 p.)
Leira, Arnlaug, 2002. “Introduction: changes in the social order” and “Childcare as a
social right: family change and political reform”. Leira, Arnlaug, (ed.). Working parents
and the welfare state. Family change and policy reform in Scandinavia. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press. pp 1-14, 132-149. (33 p.)
Brandt, Berit, Elin Kvande, 2001. ”Flexible Work and Flexible Fathers”. Work,
Employment and Society, 15 (2): pp 251-267. (19 p.)
Bertone, Chiara, 2004. “Feminist Perspectives on Fathers’ Leave: A Cross-country
Comparison”. Christensen, Hilda Rømer et al (eds.): Crossing Borders. Odense:
University Press of Southern Denmark. pp 289-306. (16 p.)
Eriksson, Maria, 2002. “Men’s violence, men’s parenting and gender politics in Sweden”
NORA, 1 (10): 6-15. (10 p.)
4. Work: organisations and gender equality policies
* Jensen, Hanne Nexø, 1998. “Gender as the dynamo: when public organizations have to
change”. Fehr, Drude von der et al. (eds.), Is there a Nordic Feminism? Nordic feminist
thought on culture and society. London: UCL Press. pp 161-175. (16 p.)
* Ericsson, Kjersti, 1998. “Sexual harassment and the genderization of work”. Fehr,
Drude von der et al. (eds.), Is there a Nordic Feminism? Nordic feminist thought on
culture and society. London: UCL Press. pp 176-196. (21 p.)
Kvande, Elin, 2002. “Doing masculinity in women’s worlds: men working as pre-school
teachers and hairdressers”. NORA, 1 (10): 16-25. (10 p.)
Rogg, Elisabet, 2001. “Passion and pain in Academia.” NORA, 3 (9): 154-161. (8 p.)
Husu, Liisa, 2001. “On metaphors on the position of women in academia and science”.
NORA, 3 (9): 172-181. (10 p.)
5. Political participation and representation
Lovenduski, Joni, 2000. “Change in Women’s Political Representation”. Rossilli,
Mariagrazia (ed.), Gender Policies in the European Union. New York: Peter Lang. pp
87- 104. (18 p.)
* Christensen, Ann-Dorte, Nina C. Raaum, 1999. “Models of political mobilisation”.
Bergquist, Christina et al. (eds.). Equal Democracies? Gender and Politics in the Nordic
Countries. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press. pp 17-26. (10 p.)
* Raaum, Nina C., 1999. “Women in Parliamentary Politics: Historical lines of
development. Bergquist, Christina et al. (eds.). Equal Democracies? Gender and Politics
in the Nordic Countries. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press. pp 27-47. (21 p.)
* Raaum, Nina C., 1999. “Political Citizenship: New participants, new values?”
Bergquist, Christina et al. (eds.). Equal Democracies? Gender and Politics in the Nordic
Countries. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press. pp 48-64. (17 p.)
* Christensen, Ann-Dorte, 1999. “Women in the political parties”. Bergquist, Christina et
al. (eds.), Equal Democracies? Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries. Oslo:
Scandinavian University Press. pp 65-87. (23 p.)
6. Ethnical relations/Human Rights
Stoltz, Pauline, 2004. ”Who are ’we’ to tell? Black, Immigrant and Refugee Women and
the Politics of Analysing Feminist Movements”. Christensen, Hilda Rømer et al, (eds.),
Crossing Borders. Odense: University Press of Southern Denmark. pp 309-325. (14 p.)
Gressgård, Randi, Christine M. Jacobsen, 2003. “Questions of gender in a multicultural
society”. NORA, 2 (11): 69-77. (9 s.)
Longva, Anh Nga, 2003. “The Trouble with Difference: Gender, Ethnicity and
Norwegian Social Democracy”. Grete, Brochmann, (ed.). The Multicultural Challenge
Comparative Social Research, (22): 153-175. (23 p.)
7. Love and Sexuality
Nielsen, Harriet Bjerrum, Monica Rudberg, 2000. “Gender, Love and Education in Three
Generations. The Way Out and Up”. The European Journal of Women’s Studies, 7 (4):
423-453. (31 p.)
Kleven, Kari Vik, 1993. “Girl culture as a chastity belt”. NORA, 1 (2): 90-104. (16 p.)
Bech, Henning, 2004. “The Gender Game”. Sosiologisk årbok, (1): 47-98. (52 p.)
Månsson, Sven-Axel, 2001. “Men´s Practices in Prostitution. The Case of Sweden".
Pease, Bob, Keith Pringle, (eds). A Man´s World? Changing Men´s Practices in a
Globalized World. London: Zed Books. pp.135-149. (15 p.)
Löfström, Jan, 1998. “Introduction: Sketching the Framework for a History and
Sociology of Homosexualities in the Nordic Countries”. Löfström, Jan, (ed.),
Scandinavian Homosexualities. Essays on Gay and Lesbian Studies. New York:
Hayworth Press. pp 1-15. (13 p.)
Lützen, Karen, 1998. “Gay and Lesbian Politics: Assimilation or Subversion: A Danish
Perspective”. Löfström, Jan, (ed.). Scandinavian Homosexualities. Essays on Gay and
Lesbian Studies. New York: Hayworth Press. pp 233-243. (11 p.)
8. Nordic feminist thought on culture and society
Jonasdottir, Anna G., Drude von der Fehr, 1998. “Introduction: ambiguous times –
contested spaces in the politics, organization and identities of gender”. Fehr, Drude von
der et al., (eds.). Is there a Nordic Feminism? Nordic feminist thought on culture and
society. London: UCL Press. pp 1-18. (18 p.)
Wetterberg, Christina Carlsson, 1998. ”Equal or different? That’s not the question.
Women’s political strategies in a historical perspective”. Fehr, Drude von der et al.,
(eds.). Is there a Nordic Feminism? Nordic feminist thought on culture and society.
London: UCL Press. pp 21-40. (20 p. )
Karlsson, Gunnel, 1998. “Social Democratic women’s coup in the Swedish parliament”.
Fehr, Drude von der et al., (eds.). Is there a Nordic Feminism? Nordic feminist thought
on culture and society. London: UCL Press. pp 44-66. (23 p.)
Sigurbjarnardottir, Sighurdur, Helga, 1998. ““On their own premises”: the political
project of the Icelandic Women’s Alliance”. Fehr, Drude von der et al., (eds.). Is there a
Nordic Feminism? Nordic feminist thought on culture and society. London: UCL Press.
pp 69-88. (20 p.)
Bjørnsdottis, Inga Dora, 1998. “They had a different mother: the central configuration of
Icelandic nationalist discourse”. Fehr, Drude von der et al., (eds.). Is there a Nordic
Feminism? Nordic feminist thought on culture and society. London: UCL Press. pp 90102. (13 p.)
Shands, Kerstin W, 1998. “Make a line, so I can cross it: postmodernist space in Camilla
Paglia’s Sexual personae”. Fehr, Drude von der et al., (eds.). Is there a Nordic
Feminism? Nordic feminist thought on culture and society. London: UCL Press. pp 104116. (13 p.)
Sørensen, Anne Scott, 1998. “Taste, manners and attitudes – the bel esprit and literary
salon in Scandinavia c. 1800”. Fehr, Drude von der et al., (eds.). Is there a Nordic
Feminism? Nordic feminist thought on culture and society. London: UCL Press. pp 121145. (25 p.)
Lyngfelt, Anna, 1998. “The dream of reality: a study of feminine dramatic tradition, the
one-act play”. Fehr, Drude von der et al., (eds.). Is there a Nordic Feminism? Nordic
feminist thought on culture and society. London: UCL Press. pp 148-158. (11 p.)
Haavio-Mannila, 1998. “Attraction and love at work”. Fehr, Drude von der et al., (eds.).
Is there a Nordic Feminism? Nordic feminist thought on culture and society. London:
UCL Press. pp 198-214. (17 p.)
Sjørup, Karen, 1998. “The gender relation and professionalism in the postmodern world:
social brotherhood and beyond”. Fehr, Drude von der et al., (eds.). Is there a Nordic
Feminism? Nordic feminist thought on culture and society. London: UCL Press. pp 217238. (21 p.)
Heinämaa, Sara, Martina Reuter, 1998. “Reflections on the rationality of emotions and
feelings”. Fehr, Drude von der et al., (eds.). Is there a Nordic Feminism? Nordic feminist
thought on culture and society. London: UCL Press. pp 272-290. (19 p.)
Drotner, Kirsten, 1998. “Asta Nielsen: a modern woman before her time?”. Fehr, Drude
von der et al., (eds.). Is there a Nordic Feminism? Nordic feminist thought on culture and
society. London: UCL Press. pp 294-307. (14 p.)
Pape, Lis Wedell, 1998. “Oscillations: on subject and gender in late modernism”. Fehr,
Drude von der et al., (eds.). Is there a Nordic Feminism? Nordic feminist thought on
culture and society. London: UCL Press. pp 310-323. (14 p.)
Total: 920 p.