Swedish Film Feminism: Between Grassroots Movements and Welfare Policies

Swedish Film Feminism is the first in-depth study of the feminist film movement in Sweden in the 1970s and 1980s. Drawing from a rich and largely overlooked audiovisual and textual archive, the book maps out the political and aesthetic features of this national film history, unpacking how the imaginary of Sweden's gender equality both restricted and enabled women's creative agency and artistic output during the Swedish welfare era.

In addition to delineating the diverse initiatives through w...