Berättelser om brist : bloggar om ofrivillig barnlöshet
(2015) In LIR journal 5. p.39-58- Abstract
- This article studies diary weblogs about involuntary childlessness,
focusing on Swedish contemporary weblogs written by
heterosexual women. The article suggests that the inability to
procreate can be seen as an interruption in the western expectation
of a predictable life course, and explores how the weblog
authors deal with this interruption. The diary weblog is discussed
as a genre and as a form of life writing and pathography,
and different types of writing within the weblogs are discerned.
The article discusses the blogging diarists’ construction of a
new progression in the interruption, through their attempts to
become pregnant, and how they deal... (More) - This article studies diary weblogs about involuntary childlessness,
focusing on Swedish contemporary weblogs written by
heterosexual women. The article suggests that the inability to
procreate can be seen as an interruption in the western expectation
of a predictable life course, and explores how the weblog
authors deal with this interruption. The diary weblog is discussed
as a genre and as a form of life writing and pathography,
and different types of writing within the weblogs are discerned.
The article discusses the blogging diarists’ construction of a
new progression in the interruption, through their attempts to
become pregnant, and how they deal with contemporary Nordic
norms equating childbearing with things like happiness and
life meaning, by striving to live up to the norms and at the
same time questioning them. (Less)
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- author
- Bernhardsson, Katarina LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2015
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Life writing, weblogs, diary, pathography, involuntary childlessness, infertility, IVF, family, norms, contemporary Sweden
- in
- LIR journal
- volume
- 5
- pages
- 39 - 58
- publisher
- Department of Literature, the History of Ideas, and Religion, University of Gothenburg
- ISSN
- 2001-2489
- language
- Swedish
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- dd8e40bf-a2dc-43e9-955d-ecf3bc98c0a3 (old id 8254843)
- alternative location
- http://ojs.ub.gu.se/ojs/index.php/LIRJ/article/view/3327/2768
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-01 13:09:15
- date last changed
- 2018-11-21 20:12:46
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focusing on Swedish contemporary weblogs written by<br/><br>
heterosexual women. The article suggests that the inability to<br/><br>
procreate can be seen as an interruption in the western expectation<br/><br>
of a predictable life course, and explores how the weblog<br/><br>
authors deal with this interruption. The diary weblog is discussed<br/><br>
as a genre and as a form of life writing and pathography,<br/><br>
and different types of writing within the weblogs are discerned.<br/><br>
The article discusses the blogging diarists’ construction of a<br/><br>
new progression in the interruption, through their attempts to<br/><br>
become pregnant, and how they deal with contemporary Nordic<br/><br>
norms equating childbearing with things like happiness and<br/><br>
life meaning, by striving to live up to the norms and at the<br/><br>
same time questioning them.}},
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language = {{swe}},
pages = {{39--58}},
publisher = {{Department of Literature, the History of Ideas, and Religion, University of Gothenburg}},
series = {{LIR journal}},
title = {{Berättelser om brist : bloggar om ofrivillig barnlöshet}},
url = {{http://ojs.ub.gu.se/ojs/index.php/LIRJ/article/view/3327/2768}},
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