Maternal Abandonment and Queer Resistance in Twenty-First-Century Swedish Literature

Jenny Björklund is Associate Professor of Gender Studies and Comparative Literature at Uppsala University, Sweden. Her books include Lesbianism in Swedish Literature: An Ambiguous Affair (2014), and, as co-editor with Ursula Lindqvist, New Dimensions of Diversity in Nordic Culture and Society (2016).

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 1: Happy Endings: (Re)producing the Gender Equality Ideal.- Chapter 3: Bad Mothers: Challenging Good Motherhood.- Chapter 4: The Nuclear Family as Well-Trodden Path and Script: Mental Ill-Health.- Chapter 5: Unwilling Mothers: Challenging Swedish Pronatalism.- Chapter 6: Conclusion: Dreams of a Different Future.