”Vi kan inte påstå oss vara feminister om vi inte tänker på hur vi pratar.”

Normkritiskt en – ideologiskt, identitetsskapande. Och inkluderande?

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  • Karin Milles Institutionen för kultur och lärande Södertörns högskola

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55870/tgv.v40i1.2716

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normkritiska pronomen, feministiskt diskursivt arbete, språkbruk, generaliserande pronomen

Abstract

In recent years, the Swedish indefinite impersonal pronoun man has been replaced with en by feminist and norm-critical language users. This usage is an example of a burgeoning amount of Swedish feminist discursive work, and is in need of scrutiny and discussion. Through qualitative interviews with six users of the norm-critical pronoun en, the study seeks to understand its political potential and its limitations. The study concludes that the pronoun is used to advocate a more inclusive and gender neutral society, but that it also carries the potential to give its user a positive feminist identity. Furthermore, the study shows that pronouns also can work to exclude, and that users strategically adopt to this trait in their usage.

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2019-01-01

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