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Abstract
Our analytical gaze is on the nuances in power relations to derive info on whether the lesbian age gap is a constant referent in the relationships. Where is it silenced within the relationships, and what are the instances when it suddenly becomes crucial?
The common belief that it is usually the older partner who helps the younger one out economically, or/and perceives the younger as an equivalent of the child in a lesbian relationship is challenged. Focusing on materialised, concrete response on age-related expectations such as care division or will-writing practices, we suggest that the lesbian age gap provides a vital tool for queering assumptions of the choreographies of intergenerational desire.
The common belief that it is usually the older partner who helps the younger one out economically, or/and perceives the younger as an equivalent of the child in a lesbian relationship is challenged. Focusing on materialised, concrete response on age-related expectations such as care division or will-writing practices, we suggest that the lesbian age gap provides a vital tool for queering assumptions of the choreographies of intergenerational desire.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Queer(y)ing Kinship in the Baltic Region and Beyond |
| Editors | Ulrika Dahl, Joanna Mizielińska, Raili Uibo, Antu Sorainen |
| Number of pages | 33 |
| Place of Publication | Huddinge |
| Publisher | Södertörns Högskola |
| Publication date | 19 Feb 2023 |
| Pages | 255-287 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-91-89504-20-2 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-91-89504-21-9 |
| Publication status | Published - 19 Feb 2023 |
| MoE publication type | A3 Book chapter |
Publication series
| Name | Södertörn academic studies |
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| Publisher | Södertörns Högskola |
| Number | 92 |
| ISSN (Print) | 1650-433X |
Bibliographical note
Dr. Antu Sorainen, PhD, is Docent in Gender Studies, working as Principal Investigator at the University of Helsinki.She was the Director of the research team “CoreKin – Contrasting and Re-Imagining Margins of Kinship” (Academy of Finland, 2016-2020). Her current research project focuses o Protolesbian Personal Histories and Nationalist Sentiment in the 1920-30s Finland (The Cultural Foundation of Finland, 2019-2024).
She has conducted empirical studies in queer sexualities, especially in the legal field. She is the co-author of a book on the conceptual history of “Sittlichkeit”, and is publishing on queer kinship and inheritance practices.
Sorainen was an Academy Fellow at the Academy of Finland and the PI of the research project titled “Wills and Inheritance Practices in Sexually Marginalised Groups” (2014-2019).
• Orcid.org/0000-0002-3956-8352
Fields of Science
- 999 Others
- Queer Kinship
- Gender Studies
- Queer studies
- Sexuality
- Kinship
- Lesbians
- Desire
- Age Gap
- 5141 Sociology
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Protolesbian Life History and Nationalist Sentiment in the 1920-30s Finland, a SKR grant research project
01/09/2019 → 31/07/2024
Project: Research project
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Gender Studies Research Community
Elomäki, A., Al-Sharmani, M., Dahlgren, S., Engelberg, M., Haritaworn, J., Holli, A., Honkasalo, J., Hoppania, H., Ihrche-Åberg, I., Jokila, H., Kalha, H., Kantola, J., Kinnarinen, K., Kornak, J., Korsisaari, E. M., Koskinen, T., Kuosmanen, P. K., Kupari, H., Leclin, J., Moisala, P., Moring, A., Muravyeva, M., Niemi, J., Norocel, O. C., Nousiainen, K., Oikkonen, V., Oroza, S., Paasonen, S., Pakkanen, J., Palin, T., Patosalmi, M., Paunu, H., Pulkkinen, T., Raevaara, E., Ratinen, S., Repo, J., Roman-Lagerspetz, S., Rossi, L., Rundgren, H., Ruuskanen, M., Saari, M., Saarikangas, K., Salmesvuori, P., Saresma, T. A. M., Sorainen, A., Soronen, A., Svanström, M. E., Tsokkinen, A., Tuomaala, S., Tuomi, L. M., Uimonen, M., Urponen, M., Urrio, E., Utriainen, T., Weide, M., Werner, L., Vuola, E., Vänskä, A. & Xu-Susiluoto, Q.
01/03/2011 → …
Project: Research Evaluation 2011
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CoreKin: Contrasting and Re-imagining Margins of Kinship
Sorainen, A., Härkönen, H., Moring, A., Zhabenko, A., Avdeeva, A. & Heinonen, A.
01/09/2016 → 31/08/2020
Project: Research project