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- Title
Fittstim Feminists and Third Wave Feminists: A Shared Identity between Scandinavia and the United States?
- Authors
HENRY, ASTRID
- Abstract
An essay is presented which discusses the relationship between feminists in Scandinavia and the U.S. feminism known as Third Wave Feminism during 1990s and early 21st century, including in regard to the depiction of Swedish feminists in the book "Fittstim," by Linda Norrman Skugge and Belinda Olsson. An overview of Third Wave feminism's focus on issues concerning gender is provided. The relationship between feminism and politics is discussed.
- Subjects
UNITED States; THIRD-wave feminism; FITTSTIM (Book); CULTURAL relations; HISTORY of feminists; SCANDINAVIAN history; FEMINISM; GENDER &; society; FEMINISM &; politics; HISTORY; 21ST century (Literary period)
- Publication
Feminist Studies, 2014, Vol 40, Issue 3, p659
- ISSN
0046-3663
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.1353/fem.2014.0042