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EPA (aka A-Traktor) Girl Greasers in Sweden: Girlhood in Motion?
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5337-3287
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9328-1128
2023 (English)In: Young - Nordic Journal of Youth Research, ISSN 1103-3088, E-ISSN 1741-3222, Vol. 31, no 1, p. 73-86Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article focuses on girlhood in one of the youth subcultures of rural Sweden, EPA greasers. The EPA, a car that Swedes aged 15 and older can legally drive, is at the centre of EPA culture. In this uniquely and previously male Swedish youth greaser culture, there has been a recent increase in the number of Swedish girls driving EPAs. Previous research has shown how EPA culture and EPA girlhood are shaped through distancing from hegemonic urban and middle-class norms and ideology. In this article, we seek to develop an understanding of EPA culture, specifically the ways in which it has been adopted by girls. Starting out from their online performances, we will explore how place, femininity and resistance intersect. The findings demonstrate how EPA girls use a playful way of troubling norms in their online performances, understood here as space and outlet to resist and mess around with dominant discourses and prejudice. This can also be understood as a way of talking back to masculinity, the majority society and urbanity.

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2023. Vol. 31, no 1, p. 73-86
Keywords [en]
EPA, femininity, girlhood, greaser, performativity, social media, Sweden
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Sociology Gender Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-45818DOI: 10.1177/11033088221112534ISI: 000833851900001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85146560937OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-45818DiVA, id: diva2:1687408
Available from: 2022-08-15 Created: 2022-08-15 Last updated: 2025-09-25Bibliographically approved

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Alemir, SaraGiritli Nygren, KatarinaNyhlén, Sara

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