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Idealflickor och idealpojkar : Förändring av idealbilder i Flickornas Julbok och Pojkarnas Julbok från 1915 till 1970 / Perfect Girls and Perfect Boys : The Change of Ideals in Flickornas julbok and Pojkarnas julbok from 1915 to 1970

This essay is a qualitative content analysis of Flickornas julbok andPojkarnas julbok from 1915/1916 to 1920 and from 1966 to 1970. Mainfocus is the representations of gender that is produced in the books, and howthe ideal of the girl and the ideal of the boy is described.The result shows that the girl is undergoing a change of personality. The idealimage of the girl develops from caring, helpful, compassionate, and diligent,to become independent and brave. The Ideal for the boy in the books, bothfrom the 1910s and 1960s, is described as adventurous, courageous, curious,independent, sensible, strong and loyal. In the 1960s books the girl and theboy are described with similar characteristics, but the girl is also expected tobe cute while boy is expected to be technical and knowledgeable. Thedescriptions of the girl and the boy in the books conform the norm how boysand girls were expected to be at the time when the books were written.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-22862
Date January 2012
CreatorsFagerkvist, Ingrid
PublisherLinnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper, KV
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageSwedish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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