Engelsk titel: Drinking in Swedish women’s magazines’ advertisements from the 1960s to the 2000s
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Författare:
Törrönen, Jukka
Email: jukka.torronen@sorad.su.se
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 42
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 11093575
Sammanfattning
Aims – The article focuses on what kind of drinking-related subject positions have appeared as
acceptable and desirable in women’s magazine advertisements over the past few decades, how those
positions have changed and shifted as we move closer to the present day, and how these changes
reflect the shifting borderline between the private and public domain. Material – The material
consists of alcohol-related advertisements published in Swedish women’s magazines from the 1960s
to the 2000s (n=1,079). Method – The advertisements are approached and analysed as performances
in which gender is made visible “here and now” by placing women in particular subject positions. The
analysis draws attention to how the subject positions appearing in the advertisements are repeatedly
attached to pleasure (desire), the physical body (sex) and social roles, norms and lifestyles (gender).
Results – The analysis reveals both continuity and variability in alcohol-related advertising in Swedish
women’s magazines. In the 1960s alcohol-related advertisements repeatedly positioned women in the
private domain to represent the traditional norms of the “housewife contract”, or outside the home to
represent the new gender expectations of the “equality contract”. As we draw closer to the present day,
the nature of these subject positions begins to change. Conclusions – Women’s equality, freedom
and independence do not increase linearly, nor does the home or the private domain become gender
neutral. On the contrary, it seems that the traditional gender system is persistently reproduced. A
comparison of the Swedish and Finnish material reveals some intriguing similarities and differences
in women’s subject positions.