Artikeln utmanar föreställningen att svensk arbetarlitteratur enbart skulle utgöras av avancerade och kanoniserade litterära verk, genom att uppmärksamma två fenomen: arbetarlitteratur utanför det litterära fältets centrum och arbetarserier. Det första av dessa fenomen exemplifieras med poeten Jenny Wrangborgs diktning, som bland annat är förankrad i vänsterpolitiska miljöer. Det viktigaste exemplet på arbetarserier ugörs av Hanna Peterssons "Pigan".

The aim of this chapter is to problematize and challenge the received understanding of Swedish working-class literature as aesthetically advanced literature within traditional literary genres. This is done by highlighting two phenomena: working-class literature in counter public spheres and working-class comics. The first of these is exemplified primarily by the works of the poet Jenny Wrangborg. At the same time as her poetry is published by a prestigious publisher and is well received by literary critics, she is also active as a poet within the socialist labour movement. The main example of working-class comics is Hanna Petersson’s ”Pigan” [The maid], an autobiographical narrative that displays similarities with both more traditional working-class literature and artworks inspired by this literature. Eventually, the chapter discusses which consequences the inclusion of phenomena such as these in the tradition of working-class literature could have for the academic study of this literature.