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Crime and Fantasy in Scandinavia
Andrew Nestingen
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Description for Crime and Fantasy in Scandinavia
Hardcover. Num Pages: 326 pages, 20 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DN; APF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Scandinavian popular novels and films have seen an efflorescence 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 homogenising influence of the post-World War II welfare state. The book provides significant insight into the changing nature of civil society under the Scandinavian welfare state through the lens of popular culture. Nestingen develops his argument through the examination of genres where the central theme is individual transgression ... Read more
Scandinavian popular novels and films have seen an efflorescence 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 homogenising influence of the post-World War II welfare state. The book provides significant insight into the changing nature of civil society under the Scandinavian welfare state through the lens of popular culture. Nestingen develops his argument through the examination of genres where the central theme is individual transgression ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
326
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
458 g
Number of Pages
326
Place of Publication
Copenhagen, Denmark
ISBN
9788763507936
SKU
V9788763507936
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99-2
About Andrew Nestingen
Andrew Nestingen is an Assistant Professor of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Washington.
Reviews for Crime and Fantasy in Scandinavia
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 The reader is very satisfied to have ... Read more
Peter Stenberg Scandinavian-Canadian Studies The reader is very satisfied to have ... Read more