Crime and Fantasy in Scandinavia

Fiction, Film, and Social Change

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de Andrew Nestingen

Type

Studies

Sujet

Countries > Europe

Mots Clés

Scandinavia, crime films, fantasy

Année d'édition

2008

Editeur

University of Washington Press

Langue

anglais

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Format

Paperback • 336 pages
6 x 8 ¾ inches (15 x 22.5 cm)

ISBN

978-0-295-98804-7

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Description de l'ouvrage:
Scandinavian popular novels and films have flourished in the last thirty years. In Crime and Fantasy in Scandinavia, Andrew Nestingen argues that the growth and visibility of popular culture have been at the heart of the development of heterogeneous “publics” in Scandinavia, in opposition to the homogenizing influence of the post-World War II welfare state. Novels and films have mobilized readers and viewers, serving as a preeminent site for debates over individualism, collectivity, national homogeneity, gender, and transnational relations.

Crime and Fantasy in Scandinavia provides insight into the changing nature of civil society in Scandinavia through the lens of popular culture. Nestingen develops his argument through the examination of genres where the central theme is individual transgression of societal norms: crime films and novels, melodramas, and fantasy fiction. Among the internationally known writers and filmmakers discussed are Henning Mankell, Aki Kaurismäki, Lukas Moodysson, and Lars von Trier.

À propos de l'auteur :
Andrew Nestingen is assistant professor of Scandinavian studies at the University of Washington.

Revue de Presse:
"The reader is very satisfied to have been taken on a journey over a vast northern landscape that is no longer quite the same as it used to be, but which becomes more comprehensible after reading this convincing introduction to post-war Scandinavian culture."―Peter Stenberg, Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, Vol. 20 (2011)

"A fascinating analysis of the significance of crime fiction for our understanding of Scandinavia's transformations in an era of globalizing tendencies."―Mette Hjort, author of Small Nation, Global Cinema: The New Danish Cinema

"This is an important work that urges Scandinavianists to rethink received notions about the welfare state and its legacy as well as the changing status of cultural productions."―Ellen Rees, University of Oregon

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