Rikke Andreassen: 3 books
Affectivity and Race
Studies from Nordic Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
This book presents new empirical studies of social difference in the Nordic welfare states, in order to advance novel theoretical perspectives on the everyday practices and macro-politics of race and gender in multi-ethnic societies. With attention to the specific political and cultural landscapes...
Human Exhibitions
Race, Gender and Sexuality in Ethnic Displays
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
From the 1870s to the second decade of the twentieth century, more than fifty exhibitions of so-called exotic people took place in Denmark. Here large numbers of people of Asian and African origin were exhibited for the entertainment and ’education’ of a mass audience. Several of these exhibitions...
Mediated Kinship
Gender, Race and Sexuality in Donor Families
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Illustrating the fascinating intersections of online media and new kinship, this book presents a study of the increasing numbers of single women and lesbian couples reproducing by using donor sperm. It explores how they connect with each other online, develop intimate digital communities and, most...