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Bäst i Klassen

Smith Jonsson, Lowe LU (2023) KOVK03 20222
Division of Art History and Visual Studies
Abstract (Swedish)
Bäst i klassen undersöker sambandet mellan maskulinitet och politik i den svenska arbetarrörelsens konst under mitten av 1900-talet eller den så kallade folkhemsperioden. Undersökningen utgår från de två kvarvarande väggmålningarna i Folkets hus Malmö, Arbetarrörelsens historia av Robert Nilsson och April av Bertil Landelius. Målningarna invigdes med byggnaden 1947.
Uppsatsen bygger på konsthistorikern Erwin Panofskys ikonografisk-ikonologiska metod och ett teoretiskt ramverk baserat på den svenske historikern Andres Brink Pintos läsning av Judith Butlers teorier om genusprerformativitet. I uppsatsen dras slutsatsen att reproduktionerna av maskulinitet i väggmålningarna bygger på den distinkta ikonografi som finns inom den svenska... (More)
Bäst i klassen undersöker sambandet mellan maskulinitet och politik i den svenska arbetarrörelsens konst under mitten av 1900-talet eller den så kallade folkhemsperioden. Undersökningen utgår från de två kvarvarande väggmålningarna i Folkets hus Malmö, Arbetarrörelsens historia av Robert Nilsson och April av Bertil Landelius. Målningarna invigdes med byggnaden 1947.
Uppsatsen bygger på konsthistorikern Erwin Panofskys ikonografisk-ikonologiska metod och ett teoretiskt ramverk baserat på den svenske historikern Andres Brink Pintos läsning av Judith Butlers teorier om genusprerformativitet. I uppsatsen dras slutsatsen att reproduktionerna av maskulinitet i väggmålningarna bygger på den distinkta ikonografi som finns inom den svenska arbetarrörelsen. En ikonografi studerad av bland andra konsthistorikerna Margareta Ståhl och Fred Andersson. De normer som förmedlas är relaterade till idén om den skötsamma arbetaren som arbetarrörelsens spjutspets framlagd av den svenske historikern Ronny Ambjörnsson. Uppsatsen drar också slutsatsen att dessa maskulinitetsnormer samverkar med politiska normer i ett ömsesidigt bekräftande process. Vilket bekräftar att maskulinitet i arbetarrörelsen var beroende av rörelsens politik liksom rörelsernas politik var beroende av dess maskulinitetsnormer. (Less)
Abstract
Top of the Class
Ideals of masculinity in the mural art of Folkets hus Malmö

Bäst i klassen investigates the connection between masculinity and politics in the in the art of Swedish working-class movement the mid-20th century or “folkhemsperioden”. It studies the two remaining painted murals in the main reception hall of Folkets hus Malmö Arbetarrörelsens historia by Robert Nilsson and April by Bertil Landelius. The paintings were inaugurated with the building in 1947.
The essay relies on the iconographic-iconologic method of art historian Erwin Panofsky and a theoretic framework based in Swedish historian Andres Brink Pintos reading of Judith Butler’s theories of gender performance. The essay concludes that the reproductions of... (More)
Top of the Class
Ideals of masculinity in the mural art of Folkets hus Malmö

Bäst i klassen investigates the connection between masculinity and politics in the in the art of Swedish working-class movement the mid-20th century or “folkhemsperioden”. It studies the two remaining painted murals in the main reception hall of Folkets hus Malmö Arbetarrörelsens historia by Robert Nilsson and April by Bertil Landelius. The paintings were inaugurated with the building in 1947.
The essay relies on the iconographic-iconologic method of art historian Erwin Panofsky and a theoretic framework based in Swedish historian Andres Brink Pintos reading of Judith Butler’s theories of gender performance. The essay concludes that the reproductions of masculinity in the murals rely upon a distinct iconography of the Swedish working-class movement. An iconography studied by among others art historians Margareta Ståhl and Fred Andersson. The norms conveyed are related to the idea of well-behaved worker (sve: den skötsamma arbetaren) spearheaded by Swedish historian Ronny Ambjörnsson. The essay also concludes that these norms of masculinity interact with political norms in a beneficiary exchange of mutual enforcing. Stating that masculinity in the mid-century Swedish working-class movement was dependent that very movements politics as was the movements politics dependent on it´s norms of masculinity. (Less)
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author
Smith Jonsson, Lowe LU
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organization
alternative title
Top of the class
course
KOVK03 20222
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
arbetarklass, arbetarkonst, working-class art, ikongrafi, Folkets hus, Arbetarrörelsens historia, April, bildning, skötsamhet, manlighet, maskulinitet.
language
Swedish
id
9133453
date added to LUP
2023-08-14 09:11:30
date last changed
2023-08-14 09:11:30
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Ideals of masculinity in the mural art of Folkets hus Malmö

Bäst i klassen investigates the connection between masculinity and politics in the in the art of Swedish working-class movement the mid-20th century or “folkhemsperioden”. It studies the two remaining painted murals in the main reception hall of Folkets hus Malmö Arbetarrörelsens historia by Robert Nilsson and April by Bertil Landelius. The paintings were inaugurated with the building in 1947. 
 The essay relies on the iconographic-iconologic method of art historian Erwin Panofsky and a theoretic framework based in Swedish historian Andres Brink Pintos reading of Judith Butler’s theories of gender performance. The essay concludes that the reproductions of masculinity in the murals rely upon a distinct iconography of the Swedish working-class movement. An iconography studied by among others art historians Margareta Ståhl and Fred Andersson. The norms conveyed are related to the idea of well-behaved worker (sve: den skötsamma arbetaren) spearheaded by Swedish historian Ronny Ambjörnsson. The essay also concludes that these norms of masculinity interact with political norms in a beneficiary exchange of mutual enforcing. Stating that masculinity in the mid-century Swedish working-class movement was dependent that very movements politics as was the movements politics dependent on it´s norms of masculinity.}},
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