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- Holgersson, Ulrika
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Constructions of Class in Swedish Women’s Magazines
- 2007
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim of my paper is to present some examples from my research about how class was constructed linguistically in Svensk Damtidning (Swedish Woman’s Magazine) at the beginning of the 20th century, to display the discourses that governed people’s notions of themselves and others, and the violent disagreements over different representations. By way of conclusion I argue that is fruitful to abandon the great narrative of the working class's rise and probable fall, not only because 'the working class' never existed other than as a figure of speech – although one that certainly governed people’s self-image and thus found material expression in the real world – but also because this figure of speech was far from alone in its own presumed heyday. Thus, with a greater knowledge of the genealogy of the term 'class', in its broadest historical sense class is still relevant: as a designation with origin far back in the 18th century.
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- Holgersson, Ulrika, et al.
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Hjalmar Brantings jordafärd på film
- 2008
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Ingår i: Välfärdsbilder : svensk film utanför biografen. - 9789188468093 ; Mediehistoriskt arkiv, 1654-6601 ; 5, s. 74-99
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This article is an examination of the short film “The funeral procession of Hjalmar Branting”. Branting was the first Swedish social democratic prime minister. When he died in February 1925 it was perceived as a great national loss in a country still profoundly marked by differences of class and gender. By way of analyzing the film, in the context of contemporary press and of others sources concerning the planning of the occasion, I discuss the film as an early example of a so called media event. In this light the funeral is explained as a complex rite of national formation.
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- Holgersson, Ulrika
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Hur ska vi förstå klass i historien och idag?
- 2008
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Ingår i: Arbetarhistoria: Meddelanden från arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek. - 0281-7446. ; 127-128:3-4, s. 9-16
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Klass är i ropet igen. I kulturtidskrifter pågår intensiva diskussioner om begreppet. I denna text föreslår jag att vi borde analysera hur klass konstrueras i olika sammanhang för att förstå konstruktionens betydelse för nuet och den historiska utvecklingen.
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- Holgersson, Ulrika
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Klass och postmodernism
- 2008
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Ingår i: Kvinnovetenskaplig tidskrift. - : Malmö högskola, Studentcentrum. - 0348-8365. ; :3-4, s. 63-84
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Postmodernismen har pekats ut som den farliga ”andra” från höger och vänster, av feminister liksom anti-feminister. Därför är det provocerande att i feministiskt syfte applicera postmodernistiska grepp och insikter på modern klassteori. Genom att resonera med Marx och Weber, samt äldre och nutida feministiska klasskritiker söker Ulrika Holgersson försoningen mellan feminism och klass bortom den moderna berättelsen.
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- Holgersson, Ulrika
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Klass och postmodernism - ett feministiskt val
- 2008
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Ingår i: Kvinnovetenskaplig tidskrift. - 0348-8365. ; :3-4, s. 63-84
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Postmodernism has been pointed out – from both left and right, from feminists and anti-feminists – as the dangerous ”other”. Therefore it is provoking to apply postmodern methods and insights to modern class theory. By way of reasoning with Karl Marx and Max Weber, and with older as well as contemporary feminist critics of the concept of class such as Gayle Rubin, Joan Acker, Beverley Skeggs, Nancy Fraser and Judith Butler, I aim to find reconciliation between feminism and class beyond the great modern class narrative.
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- Holgersson, Ulrika
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Populärkulturen och klassamhället. Arbete, klass och genus i svensk dampress i början av 1900-talet.
- 2005
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim of my thesis is to demonstrate how class was constructed linguistically in Svensk Damtidning (Swedish Woman's Magazine) at the beginning of the 20th century. Theoretically, I call for a renewal of studies of class, thus joining the traditions of post-marxism and feminism. Research into language and class, strongly coloured by modernism, suggests that from the 19th century onwards people increasingly spoke of "class" instead of "classes", while other "older" models of social categorisation became increasingly rare. However, in Svensk Damtidning it was common to write of "classes" in the plural, and with more designations than just "working-" and "bourgeois-/middle-" (as in working-class), as well as to use a range of equivalent terms to denote a "social map". In addition, servants, actresses, singers, and other professional women, were equally likely to be depicted as specific classes. On the whole the term was used repeatedly in a wider and more general sense close to its etymological origins. Further, in research of representations of "the working-class", often great weight is placed on its definition as "the other". However, I demonstrate how discourses drew attention to qualities in "working", "uneducated" or "poor" women that were perceived as attractive, and were presumedly lacking in many "better" women. Moreover, Svensk Damtidning used a word such as "arbeterska" (female worker) not only to differentiate those with manual work from the idle rich, but to describe "educated" people, referring to them as "brain-workers", an attitude that stemmed from Luther's idea of human calling. The final section attempts to examine the opposition to the dominant discourses. Here, I interpret how the journal construed female factory workers, seamstresses, and female domestic servants in relation to letters to the editor signed by the same categories of women. By way of conclusion I argue that it is fruitful to abandon the great narrative of the working-class's rise and probable fall, not the least because this figure of speech was far from alone in its own presumed heyday. Thus, with a greater knowledge of its genealogy, I claim that in its broadest historical sense the term "class" is still relevant: as a designation with origin far back in the 18th century.
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