Books by Sanna Karkulehto
Taajuuksilla värähdellen (Vibrating Dimensions. Affections and Positions of Gender in Literature ... more Taajuuksilla värähdellen (Vibrating Dimensions. Affections and Positions of Gender in Literature and Film) consists of an introduction and twelve articles focusing on critical literary and film studies on representations of gender, sexuality, "race", ethnicity, class, body, and age. In addition to these themes and topics the articles discuss the concepts of place, space and position, and feelings, affectivity and affections in literature and film, and in studying these issues.
in English Toimittaneet SANNA KARKULEHTO & KATI VALJUS Humanistinen tiedekunta, Taideaineiden ja ... more in English Toimittaneet SANNA KARKULEHTO & KATI VALJUS Humanistinen tiedekunta, Taideaineiden ja antropologian laitos, Oulun yliopisto OULU 2005 TOIMITTANEET SANNA KARKULEHTO & KATI VALJUS VALTAMEDIA/VASTAMEDIA Kirjoituksia mediakulttuurista Oulun lääninhallitus Sivistysosasto EUROOPAN YHTEISÖ Rakennerahastot Mediatuottajan maisteriohjelma OULUN YLIOPISTO, OULU 2005 ISBN 951-42-7693-0 (nid.) ISBN 951-42-7694-9 (PDF)
Papers by Sanna Karkulehto
Maria Jotuni, a celebrated Finnish realist female author of the 19th century, depicted women who ... more Maria Jotuni, a celebrated Finnish realist female author of the 19th century, depicted women who were forced to sell both their bodies and their souls in business-like, heterosexual marriage arrangements. The same can be said of the women depicted by two contemporary Finnish female authors, Sofi Oksanen (Baby Jane 2005) and Essi Henriksson (Ilmestys 2007, ‘Revelation’), although their female characters do not get married. Instead, they objectify their bodies and feelings in slightly different business arrangements, that is, in sex work. The novels do not represent only commercial sex and sex work, but they also depict heterosexual relationships. These relationships become, like in Jotuni’s novels, gendered and unequal power relations in which money plays a significant role. Economical power signifies for gendered and heterosexual power, and by oppressing and objectifying women’s bodies and feelings this economical, gendered and heterosexual power system is connected also to violence. This article discusses the representations of commercial sex, sex work, and gendered, sexual violence in the novels of Oksanen and Henriksson, and their interrelations with heterosexuality and heteronormativity. In addition, the article examines the meanings of gender and sexuality in the late capitalistic consumption culture. The image that the novels create of gendered and heterosexual power relations encourages the reader to reconsider gendered power relations in general and the idea of heteronormative social order – which still, a hundred years after the publication of Jotuni’s works, supports the hierarchies and inequality between genders. This is how the novels of Oksanen and Henriksson participate in the continuum of female authors who criticize the cultural norms of gender and sexuality.
San Diegon yliopiston johtamisen professori Joseph C. Rost kuvaa teoksessaan Leadership for the T... more San Diegon yliopiston johtamisen professori Joseph C. Rost kuvaa teoksessaan Leadership for the Twenty-First Century (1993) yhteiskunnallistaloudellista paradigmamuutosta, jossa teollisesta viitekehyksestä on siirrytty jälkiteolliseen. Teollisen viitekehyksen toimintakulttuuriin kuuluvat Rostin mukaan esimerkiksi johtamisen pitäminen hierarkkisena tehtävänä, tavoitteiden saavuttamista painottava ajattelu, johtajaan keskittyvä yksilöllisyyden korostaminen sekä kulttuurinen maskuliinisuus. (Rost 1993, 27, 186; Sydänmaanlakka 2004, 114.) Tanskalainen tulevaisuudentutkija Rolf Jensen (1999) luonnehtii teollista viitekehystä ajanjaksoksi, johon sopivat hyvin sellaiset termit kuin hierarkkisuus, tehtaat ja pääoma (ks. myös Aaltonen & Heikkilä 2003, 79).
The chapter discusses two different modes of feminist engagements with the classical Pandora myth... more The chapter discusses two different modes of feminist engagements with the classical Pandora myth; Laura Mulvey‘s feminist psychoanalytical theory and a Finnish contemporary novel Pandora (1996) by Ritva Ruotsalainen. Mulvey’s and Ruotsalainen’s revisionist texts argue that the Pandora myth is a misogynist warning narrative implying that the feminine will to knowledge is deviant, as it has the potential to destabilise the male-centred, masculine power of knowledge.
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Books by Sanna Karkulehto
Papers by Sanna Karkulehto