Recent Publications
Monographs, edited books and dissertations
Multicultural Dialogue: Dilemmas, Paradoxes, Conflicts. Oxford and New York: Berghahn Books, 2010.
Kjønnsteori: Tilnærmingsmåter og teoretiske felt (Gender Theory: Approaches and Theoretical Areas) (author and co-editor with Cathrine Egeland, Cathrine Holst, Kari Jegerstedt, Ellen Mortensen, Sissel Rosland and Kristin Sampson). Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk, 2008.
Fra identitet til forskjell (From Identity to Difference). Oslo: Scandinavian Academic Press / Spartacus, 2005.
Dilemmaet mellom likeverdighet og særegenhet som ramme for flerkulturell dialog (The Dilemma between Equal Dignity and Distinctiveness as Constitutive Framework for Multicultural Dialogue). Dr. thesis in sociology, UoB, 2003.
Fanden går i kloster. Elleve tekster om det andre (The Devil Joins the Convent. Eleven Texts about the Other) (co-editor with Siri Meyer). Oslo: Spartacus, 2002.
Peer reviewed articles
"When Trans Translates into Tolerance - Or Was It Monstrous?", in Sexualities: Studies in Culture and Society 13(5) 2010: 539-561.
"Omsorgen for 'andre': Interseksjonalitet, forskjell og ansvarlighet" (The Care for 'Others': Intersectionality, Difference and Accountability") (co-authored with Cathrine Egeland), in Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning (Journal of Gender Research) 32(4) 2008: 40-58.
“Mind the Gap: Intersectionality, Complexity and ‘the Event’”, in Theory & Science 10(1) 2008.
http://theoryandscience.icaap.org/content/vol10.1/Gressgard.html
“Krevende toleranse: Islam og homoseksualitet” (Demanding tolerance: Islam and homosexuality), in Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning (Journal of Gender Research) 32(2) 2008: 22-39.
"The Will to Empower: Managing the Complexity of the Others” (with Cathrine Egeland), in Nordic Journal of Women’s Studies (NORA) 15(4) 2007: 207-219.
“Anerkjennelse: Hvilke forskjeller er relevante?” (Recognition: What Differences Matter?), in Norsk tidsskrift for migrasjonsforskning (Norwegian Journal of Migration Research) 6(1) 2007: 10-26.
“The Veiled Muslim, the Anorexics and the Transsexuals: What do They Have in Common?”, in European Journal of Women’s Studies 13(4) 2006: 325-341.
“Opprør med stil. Forholdet mellom identitet, estetikk og subkulturell motstand” (Revolt with Style. The Relationship between Identity, Aesthetics and Sub-Cultural Resistance”), in Norsk tidsskrift for migrasjonsforskning (Norwegian Journal of Migration Research) 4(1) 2005: 13-20.
“Muslimer med slør, anorektikere og transseksuelle: Hva har de til felles?” (“Veiled Muslims, Anorexics and Transsexuals: What do They Have in Common?”), in Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning (Journal of Gender Research) 29(1) 2005: 21-34.
"Hva mener regjeringen med flerkulturelt mangfold?” (”What does the Government Mean by Multicultural Diversity?”), in Nytt norsk tidsskrift (New Norwegian Journal) 22(1) 2005: 72-79.
“Den rettferdige rasismen” (“The Just Racism”), in Norsk tidsskrift for migrasjonsforskning (Norwegian Journal of Migration Research) 5(2) 2004: 140-146.
“Questions of Gender in a Multicultural Society” (co-author with Christine Jacobsen), in Nordic Journal of Women’s Studies (NORA) 11(2) 2003: 69-77.
“Lyotard og Bourdieu: Ontologisering av henholdsvis ‘striden’ og ‘tvisten’” (“Lyotard and Bourdieu: Ontologization of the ‘Differend’ and the ‘Litigation’ Respectively”, in Sosiologisk tidsskrift (Journal of Sociology) 10(4) 2002: 283-307.
Chapters in books
"Extra-Political Correctness: Feminism, Difference and Accountability" (co-authored with Cathrine Egeland), forthcoming in Lykke, Nina, Jeff Hearn and Ann Phoenix (eds): What are Feminist Intersectionality Studies? Diverse Disciplinary and Theoretical Approaches. I the book series "European Feminist Studies: Transnational and Transdisciplinary Studies of Changing Gender Relations, Intersectionalities and Embodiment". London: Routledge.
"Wendy Brown", in Mortensen et al. (eds): Kjønnsteori (Gender Theory). Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk, 2008: 161-167.
"Henrietta L. Moore", in Mortensen et al. (eds): Kjønnsteori (Gender Theory). Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk, 2008: 224-230.
“Iris Marion Young”, in Mortensen et al. (eds): Kjønnsteori: Tilnærmingsmåter og perspektiver (Gender Theory: Approaches and Theoretical Areas). Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk, 2008.
“Henrietta L. Moore”, in Mortensen et al. (eds): Kjønnsteori: Tilnærmingsmåter og perspektiver (Gender Theory: Approaches and Theoretical Areas). Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk, 2008.
“Wendy Brown”, in Mortensen et al. (eds): Kjønnsteori: Tilnærmingsmåter og perspektiver (Gender Theory: Approaches and Theoretical Areas). Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk, 2008.
“Det beste fra to kulturer: Frihet og fellesskap” (”The Best of Two Worlds: Freedom and Community”), in Fuglerund, Øivind and Thomas Hylland Eriksen (eds): Grenser for kultur. Perspektiver på minoritetsforskning (Cultural limits. Perspectives on Minority Research). Oslo: Pax, 2007.
“Beyond Man: In Defence of Multiple Identities” (co-author with Christine Jacobsen), in Sicakkan, Hakan and Yngve G. Lithman (eds): What Happens when Society is Diverse? Multidimentional Identities. Lewiston, Queenston and Lampeter: The Edwin Mellem Press, 2006: 53-74.
“En kvinne er ikke bare en kvinne. Kjønnsproblematikk i et flerkulturelt samfunn” (A Woman is not Only a Woman. Questions of Gender in a Multicultural Society”), in Holst, Cathrine (ed): Kjønnsrettferdighet. Utfordringer for feministisk politikk (Gender Justice. Challenges in Feminist Politics). Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk, 2002: 189-230.
“Fanden går i kloster” (”The Devil Joins the Convent”), in Gressgård, Randi and Siri Meyer (eds.): Fanden går i kloster. Elleve tekster om det andre (The Devil Joins the Convent. Eleven Texts about the Other). Oslo: Spartacus, 2002: 7-12.
Book reviews/review essays
"Tid for kritikk" ("Time for Critique"). Book review of Wendy Brown's Edgework: Critical Essays on Knowledge and Politics (Princeton: Princeton UP, 2005), in Kvinder, Køn & Forskning (Women, Gender & Research) 18(2) 2009: 74-75.
"Feminist Theorizes the Political: The Political Philosophy of Wendy Brown". Review essay in Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research (NORA) 16(4) 2008: 257-263.
“Henrietta L. Moore. Feministisk antropologi gjennom to tiår” (“H. L. Mooore: Feminist anthropology through two decades”). Review essay in Norwegian Journal of Anthropology 18(2) 2007: 162-171.
“Etnisk mangfold i skolen” (”Ethnic Diversity in School”) (co-author with Sissel Lilletvedt). Book review of Pihl, Joron: Etnisk mangfold i skolen: Det sakkyndige blikket (Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 2005), in Norwegian Journal of Migration Research 6(2) 2005: 71-75.
“Sammensatt (om) identitet” (“Complex Identity”). Book review of Eriksen, Thomas Hylland: Røtter og føtter: Identitet i en omskiftelig tid (Oslo: Aschehoug, 2004), in Norwegian Journal of Migration Resarch 5(2) 2004: 147-150.
Other articles
“Sexing Borders and Boundaries: Gender, Nation and Citizenship” / “Η σεξουαλικοποίηση των συνόρων και των ορίων: Φύλο, έθνος και ιδιότητα του πολίτη” (English and Greek versions), in Re-Public, May/June 2008.
Mer info
“Kjønn og (u)likhet: Muslimen med slør, anorektikeren og den transseksuelle” (Gender and (In)equality: The Veiled Muslim, the Anorexics and the Transsexuals” in Egalitet – om likt og ulikt (Egality – on equality and inequality), seminar report. Utstein Kloster: Haugaland Akademi 2007: 23-32.
“Mangfold, inkludering, dialog” (Diversity, Inclusion, Dialogue”), in Utfordringer i flerkulturell formidling (Challenges in Multicultural Communication). Conference report, Senter for flerkulturelt og internasjonalt arbeid (SEFIA), Oslo University College.
“Angsten for det kvinnelege” (“The Fear of the Feminine”), in Syn & Segn 110(1) 2004: 116-125.
“Ein paradoksal integreringspolitikk” (“A Paradoxical Integration Policy”), in Syn & Segn 109(3) 2003: 26-32.
