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Pippi's posthuman power
Uppsala universitet, Sociologiska institutionen.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3579-2143
2021 (English)In: International journal of sociology and social policy, ISSN 0144-333X, E-ISSN 1758-6720, Vol. 41, no 3-4, p. 348-360Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article probes the ambiguity of a posthuman heroism by revisiting the remarkable story of Pippi Longstocking. The purpose is to explore with Pippi a non-anthropocentric living in the more-than-human world. Its critical posthumanist analysis is empirically it is based on the American English translation of the Pippi book trilogy from the 1950s, as well as the Swedish TV-series produced in 1969. Pippi’s posthuman power here serves to conceptualize a move beyond the anthropocentric savior-complex. The analysis exhibit a power used to defy, mock and resist authority, but always with the purpose of securing agency for Pippi and her community. This power-to, rather than power-over, becomes a creative force that builds a posthuman community between inorganic matter, human and nonhuman animals. In place of a heroism to save our planet, Pippi animates how to relate differently to the more-than-human world. She is a productive fantasy, an idea materialized – a posthuman figuration – that extends the notion of community, opens up the demos, and forcefully challenges anthropocentric normativity.

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited , 2021. Vol. 41, no 3-4, p. 348-360
Keywords [en]
feminism, critical animal studies, posthuman community, speciesism, superhero, children's literature
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Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
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URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-47449DOI: 10.1108/IJSSP-06-2019-0123ISI: 000524797200001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-47449DiVA, id: diva2:1733424
Available from: 2020-10-01 Created: 2023-02-02Bibliographically approved

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