Feminism in Finnish Print Media, 1968-1985

Dr. Heidi Kurvinen is a historian who is affiliated with Cultural History at the University of Turku, Finland. She has specialised in contemporary media and gender history and has published extensively on these topics relating to Finland and, to lesser extent, the wider Nordic region.

• Introduction: Feminism in the Finnish print media.- 1. Transnational flows of feminism in a local context, 1968-1970/71.- 2. The entanglements between transnational and local negotiations of feminisms in the early 1970s.- 3. Media-savvy feminist activism and the local backlash in the Finnish media in the late 1970s.- 4. 'I am not a feminist, but…': The legacy of the 1970s media portrayal of the transnational women’s liberation movement.- Conclusion.