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Rainbow coloured dots and rebellious old ladies: The gurlesque in two contemporary Swedish comic books
Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Ethnology, History of Religions and Gender Studies.
Number of Authors: 12018 (English)In: The European Journal of Women's Studies, ISSN 1350-5068, E-ISSN 1461-7420, Vol. 25, no 3, p. 371-383Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The term gurlesque refers to an aesthetics that mixes feminism, femininity, the grotesque and the cute. This article explores how contemporary Swedish feminist comic books do gurlesque theory with the aim of contributing to the theoretical conversation about feminine aesthetics and gurlesque. The study focuses on two contemporary Swedish comic books, Jag ar din flickvan nu (I Am Your Girlfriend Now) (2006) by Nina Hemmingsson and Allt kommer bli bra (Everything Will Be Fine) (2013) by Lisa Ewald. The article views gurlesque as a queer aesthetics, as a form of wilful misinterpretation and taunting of perceptions of femininity. The word gurlesque draws from the word girl', and questions the connection between girlhood and young age from a queer perspective. Although the gurlesque is rooted in images of girlhood, it has the potential to grasp femininities of all ages.

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2018. Vol. 25, no 3, p. 371-383
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Age, comics, cuteness, femininity, girlhood, grotesque, gurlesque, queer
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Gender Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-158913DOI: 10.1177/1350506818768651ISI: 000440685600008OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-158913DiVA, id: diva2:1240033
Available from: 2018-08-20 Created: 2018-08-20 Last updated: 2022-02-26Bibliographically approved

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