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Gender and economic history in the Nordic countries

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Pages 113-122 | Received 10 May 2022, Accepted 11 May 2022, Published online: 19 Jun 2022
 

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Notes

1 In titles, only one article was found using the concept masculinity in its title, published in EHR in 2013, none of the other concepts were found in titles. In full texts, the theoretical concept post-colonialism (thus not mere periodisation colonial/post-colonial) was found twice (in EHR 2009and in SEHR (2017), intersectionality was found twice (both 2018 in SEHR), masculinity was found three times (in JoEH 1993, in EEH 2011, and the one in EHR 2013 already mentioned).

2 The construction of the Nordic in relation to gender and women’s studies has also been studied from a critical perspective (e.g. Dahl, Liljeström, & Manns, Citation2016; Manns, 2005).

3 For example Lena Sommestad’s (Citation1992) work on gender, dairying and industrialization also can be mentioned as an early study that used the insights presented by Scott, but it was used in combination with other theories. These highlighted the importance of cultural notions of work, such as the strong feminine coding of milking. There have also been efforts to bridge realist and post structuralist positions. Making references to Scott, the Norwegian historian Gro Hagemann (Citation1994) underlined the need to combine post structuralism with social science theory. Swedish economic historian Anita Göransson (Citation1998) published an article entitled ‘Mening, makt och materialitet’ – an attempt to combine realist and post structuralist positions. She introduced the term maktbas (power basis) and underlined the pivotal role the connection between changing social power relations and masculinity.

4 For example, the Swedish economic historian Ulla Wikander studied the changing gendered divisions of labor and changing work practices, while the Norwegian historian Sølvi Sogner scrutinised the importance of the household. In Finland, Pirjo Markkola studied working class families at the turn of the twentieth century.