Feminists in High Heels : The Role of Femininity in Second-Wave Feminists' Dress in Finland, 1973-1990
Abstract
Recent studies have shown that the politics of self–presentation
was a contentious issue among feminists. This article, which is
based primarily on oral histories, addresses how Finnish second–
wave feminists viewed the meanings of dress and appearance for
their identity. The focus is on those who believed that feminist
ideology liberated them to embrace their femininity and argues
that Finnish feminist views about dress liberated women from the
orthodox Marxist, pro–Russian Soviet political ideology of the
Taistoist movement that was popular among young people in the
1970s, yet also from traditional, conservative female education at
home and in school.
Main Author
Format
Articles
Research article
Published
2018
Series
Subjects
Publication in research information system
Publisher
Association of Dress Historians
Original source
https://www.dresshistorians.org/journal
The permanent address of the publication
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201904092114Käytä tätä linkitykseen.
Review status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
2515-0995
Language
English
Published in
The Journal of Dress History
Citation
- Turunen, A. (2018). Feminists in High Heels : The Role of Femininity in Second-Wave Feminists' Dress in Finland, 1973-1990. The Journal of Dress History, 2(3), 122-143. https://www.dresshistorians.org/journal
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