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- Title
The New Woman as a Boy: Female Masculinity in Ellen Idström's Tvillingsystrarna.
- Authors
Andersson, Maria
- Abstract
The article discusses the subject of female masculinity in the book "Tvillingsystrarna: Berättelse för unga flickor" by Swedish author Ellen Idström. Topics discussed include opposition to women's emancipation during the turn of the twentieth century, the article analyzing education, embodiment, and experience in terms of gender, and the process of masculinization in the book and how it relates to contemporary debate on gender and women's rights.
- Subjects
TVILLINGSYSTRARNA: Berattelse for unga flickor (Book); IDSTROM, Ellen; HISTORY of women's rights; MASCULINITY in literature; GENDER role; TWENTIETH century
- Publication
Scandinavian Studies, 2016, Vol 88, Issue 3, p295
- ISSN
0036-5637
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5406/scanstud.88.3.0295