Gender, Sexuality and Emotion in Visual Representations of Sweden Joining NATO
This research note introduces gender and feminist theory as important tools for understanding international relations (IR), and uses snapshots from my ongoing research project on gender and disarmament in Swedish security policy during the post-Cold War period to exemplify what feminist contributio...
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The Åland Islands Peace Institute
2023-08-01
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This research note introduces gender and feminist theory as important tools for understanding international relations (IR), and uses snapshots from my ongoing research project on gender and disarmament in Swedish security policy during the post-Cold War period to exemplify what feminist contributions to the field can look like. Analyzing media visuals about Sweden’s relationship with NATO during 2022–2023, I argue that such sources draw on well-known societal stereotypes about, for example, gender to make sense to their audiences. The visuals included in this study contribute to destabilize associations between security policy, national identity and masculinity from Cold War Sweden by portraying Swedish politicians as female brides ready to marry male NATO representatives and thereby gain protection within what has previously been conceptualized as a gendered NATO family. Both human bodies and emotions related to fear contribute to make meaning about such representations.
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| spelling | doaj.art-558b67d2969a4a83a2e4d46f2d3742b32023-08-18T08:03:03ZengThe Åland Islands Peace InstituteJournal of Autonomy and Security Studies2489-42652023-08-0172Gender, Sexuality and Emotion in Visual Representations of Sweden Joining NATOEmma Rosengren0Stockholm University This research note introduces gender and feminist theory as important tools for understanding international relations (IR), and uses snapshots from my ongoing research project on gender and disarmament in Swedish security policy during the post-Cold War period to exemplify what feminist contributions to the field can look like. Analyzing media visuals about Sweden’s relationship with NATO during 2022–2023, I argue that such sources draw on well-known societal stereotypes about, for example, gender to make sense to their audiences. The visuals included in this study contribute to destabilize associations between security policy, national identity and masculinity from Cold War Sweden by portraying Swedish politicians as female brides ready to marry male NATO representatives and thereby gain protection within what has previously been conceptualized as a gendered NATO family. Both human bodies and emotions related to fear contribute to make meaning about such representations. https://jass.ax/index.php/jass/article/view/87NATOFeminist theoryVisual media representationsGenderfeminist IR |
| spellingShingle | Emma Rosengren Gender, Sexuality and Emotion in Visual Representations of Sweden Joining NATO Journal of Autonomy and Security Studies NATO Feminist theory Visual media representations Gender feminist IR |
| title | Gender, Sexuality and Emotion in Visual Representations of Sweden Joining NATO |
| title_full | Gender, Sexuality and Emotion in Visual Representations of Sweden Joining NATO |
| title_fullStr | Gender, Sexuality and Emotion in Visual Representations of Sweden Joining NATO |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender, Sexuality and Emotion in Visual Representations of Sweden Joining NATO |
| title_short | Gender, Sexuality and Emotion in Visual Representations of Sweden Joining NATO |
| title_sort | gender sexuality and emotion in visual representations of sweden joining nato |
| topic | NATO Feminist theory Visual media representations Gender feminist IR |
| url | https://jass.ax/index.php/jass/article/view/87 |
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