Tidevarvet was a radical, social liberal journal founded by the members of Fogelstadgruppen, having its active time between the years 1923 and 1936. The study aimed to investigate what and how its female writers argued about vagrancy (”lösdriveri”) in the journal during the entire span of its publication. Further, the study also considered change over time as well as whether the articles were uniform in their argumentation or not. To answer these questions an argumentative analysis was applied and used to distinguish the arguments and their accompanying reasoning in 27 articles. The results showed that the women argued for repealing the vagrancy law while advocating for social care and other preventative measures to replace it. Much of the argumentation was based around the law’s lack of effectiveness in combination with its arbitrary nature and judicial unsafety. They also called for increased equality before the law regarding both gender and class. Over time the core values remained the same whilst the argumentation adjusted in correspondence with different legal propositions. In the first article seven tenets were highlighted as central aims for the journal, these recurred throughout the articles to varying degrees but continued being supported. However, beginning in 1929, the argumentation shifted towards more radical in its critique of the vagrancy law. With this background the argumentation could also be described as uniform in its common values and long-term goals. Further investigation into variance in argumentation was however made difficult due to most articles being unsigned.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-118354 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Lif Grönholm, Kevin |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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