About this course
Scandinavian women are often represented as independent and sexually liberated and the men as slightly effeminate metrosexuals who clean, cook, and care for their children. But what does it even mean to be masculine and feminine and how is it related to our bodies and intersect with sexuality, race, and class? This class explores how particular masculinities are expressed and negotiated in the lives of Scandinavian men and masculine women, and articulated in popular media, politics, literature, art, and commercials.
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Faculty
Anna Sofie Bach
External LecturerPh.D., Sociology and gender studies, University of Copenhagen 2016. Ph.D fellow, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen 2012-15. DIS Faculty 2015-2018. Postdoc at Department for the Study of Culture, University of Southern Denmark 2017-2020. Postdoc at Department for Culture and Learning, Aalborg University in Copenhagen 2020-2021. Postdoc at the Sociology Department, University of Copenhagen 2021-2024. With DIS since 2024.