'Mom might have a job (or be socializing too much!)' : 'The right to love', children’s sexuality and parenthood

• Having been unavailable for many years, the Swedish film Rätten att älska (‘The right to love’) was restored by the Swedish Film Institute in 2013 and made accessible for research. In many ways a typical example of the sex education film genre of its time, the film is simultaneously unusual because it deals with children’s sexuality. This article explores and discusses the representation of children in the film in relation to how it connects to issues of parenthood.

Subject headings

HUMANIORA  -- Konst -- Filmvetenskap (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Arts -- Studies on Film (hsv//eng)

Keyword

sex education film

children and sexuality

Rätten att älska

Mimi Pollak

Swedish cinema of the 1950s

parenthood

Film Studies

Filmvetenskap

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)