Pluralistic Struggles in Gender, Sexuality and Coloniality Challenging Swedish Exceptionalism

• Other Authors: Alm, Erika (Editor), Berg, Linda (Editor), Lundahl Hero, Mikela (Editor), Johansson, Anna (Editor), Laskar, Pia (Editor), Martinsson, Lena (Editor), Mulinari, Diana (Editor), Wasshede, Cathrin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2021
• Subjects: Gender studies, gender groups; Politics & government; Cultural studies; Gender and Sexuality; Queer Theory; Politics and Gender; Culture and Gender; Gender Studies; Queer Studies; Gender and Culture; communities of belonging; homonationalism; femonationalism; decoloniality; intersectionality; transnationalism; Open Access; Gay & Lesbian studies
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This open access book seeks to understand how politics is being made in a pluralistic sense, and explores how these political struggles are challenging and transforming gender, sexuality, and colonial norms. As researchers located in Sweden, a nation often cited as one of the most gender-equal and LGBTQ-tolerant nations, the contributions investigate political processes, decolonial struggles, and events beyond, nearby, and in between organizations, states, and national territories. The collection represents a variety of disciplines, and different theoretical conceptualizations of politics, feminist theory, and postcolonial and queer studies. Students and researchers with an interest of queer studies, gender studies, critical whiteness studies, and civil society studies will find this book an invaluable resource.