Crime and fantasy in Scandinavia : fiction, film, and social change / Andrew Nestingen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nestingen, Andrew K.

Series:

New directions in Scandinavian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scandinavian fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Scandinavian fiction.

Motion pictures--Scandinavia.

Motion pictures.

Scandinavia.

Physical Description:

x, 326 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press ; Copenhagen : Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen, [2008]

Summary:

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 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 significant 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 Kaurismaki, Lukas Moodysson, and Lars von Trier.

Contents:

Introduction: Popular and Social Transformation in Scandinavian Fictions 3

1 The New Popular Culture: Popular Fictions and Their Publics 17

2 Medium Concept: Scandinavian Genre and Art Film Hybrids 48

3 The Melodrama of Demand: Cultural Politics of the Scandinavian Melodrama 99

4 Johanna Sinisalo's Monsters: Popular Culture and Heterogeneous Publics 154

5 Autobiography and the Police: Life Writing and Its Publics 194

6 The Burned-Out Policeman: Henning Mankell's Transnational Police Procedural 223.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-305) and index.

Includes filmography: pages 273-277.

ISBN:

9780295988030

0295988037

9780295988047

0295988045

8763507935

9788763507936

OCLC:

175218158