Popular Culture In Nordic Noir A Study Of Selected Works Of Maj Sjowall Per Wahloo Henning Mankell And Steig Larsson

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Popular Culture in Nordic Noir A Study of Selected Works of Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo, Henning Mankell and Steig Larsson

Dr. Raunak Singh Rathee
Popular Culture in Nordic Noir A Study of Selected Works of Maj Sjowall Per Wahloo Henning Mankell and Steig Larsson Book PDF

Author : Dr. Raunak Singh Rathee
Publisher : Shineeks Publishers
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9798889400479

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Popular Culture in Nordic Noir A Study of Selected Works of Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo, Henning Mankell and Steig Larsson by Dr. Raunak Singh Rathee Pdf

This book discusses that the genre of crime fiction is suitable for the presentation of the crises, conflicts, and indeterminacies present in the plot of the selected works. This book exposes the darker side of Scandinavian countries, particularly Sweden, as the writers and works selected for the book are based on Swedish society. Though as a matter of fact, Scandinavian countries are considered to be the most egalitarian and progressive welfare societies all over the world. The present book explores how popular culture may prove to be a significant thematic approach to studying Scandinavian crime fiction (also called Nordic Noir). The Swedish authors use popular culture as a tool through which they try to convey their concerns regarding various serious issues like anti-immigration, racism, xenophobia, violence against women, the violence of human rights, crimes like the drug trade, human trafficking, etc. By assigning the central place to Sjowall and Wahloo’s Roseanna (1965), The Laughing Policeman (1968), The Terrorists (1975), Henning Mankell’s Faceless Killers (1991), Sidetracked (1995), The Fifth Women (1996), Steig Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005), The Girl who Played with Fire (2006), and The Girl who kicked the Hornets’ Nest (2007), this book enunciates the notion of popular culture and crime fiction genre in the propagation of the socio-critical reflections of life in the welfare state. Hence, this work also analyses the plot, characters, and themes in the aforementioned works to locate the elements of popular fiction in Scandinavian crime novels by representing this genre’s ubiquitousness in the twenty-first century.

Nordic Noir

Barry Forshaw
Nordic Noir Book PDF

Author : Barry Forshaw
Publisher : Oldcastle Books
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781842439883

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Nordic Noir by Barry Forshaw Pdf

Nordic Noir: The Pocket Essential Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction, Film and TV by Britain's leading expert on crime fiction, Barry Forshaw, is a compact and authoritative guide to the phenomenally popular genre. The information-packed study examines and celebrates books, films and TV adaptations, from Sjöwall & Wahlöö's highly influential Martin Beck series through Henning Mankell's Wallander (subject of three separate TV series) to Stieg Larsson's groundbreaking The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, cult TV hits such as the Danish The Killing, The Bridge, and the political thriller Borgen, up to the massively successful books and films of the current king of the field, Norway's Jo Nesbo. Nordic Noir anatomises the nigh-obsessive appeal of the subject and highlights every key book, film and TV show. For both the beginner and the aficionado, this is a hugely informative, highly accessible guide (and shopping list) for an essential crime genre. 'Entertaining and informative companion ... written by the person who probably knows more than anyone alive about the subject' - The Times 'Readers wanting to get into Scandinavian crime fiction should start with Forshaw's pocket guide to the genre' - Financial Times Look out for the other books in Barry Forshaw's Noir series Euro Noir, Brit Noir, American Noir and Historical Noir, and for his latest book, Crime Fiction: A Reader's Guide.

Locating Nordic Noir

Kim Toft Hansen,Anne Marit Waade
Locating Nordic Noir Book PDF

Author : Kim Toft Hansen,Anne Marit Waade
Publisher : Springer
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783319598154

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Locating Nordic Noir by Kim Toft Hansen,Anne Marit Waade Pdf

This book is a comprehensive study of Nordic Noir television drama from the 1990’s until today. The authors introduce the history of contemporary Nordic Noir from the perspective of place, production and location studies. The chapters include readings of well-known television crime dramas such as Beck, The Killing, Trapped and The Bridge as well as a range of other important Nordic Noir cases. The authors position the development of Nordic Noir in the global market for popular television drama and place the international attention towards Nordic crime dramas within regional development of drama production in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland. Consequently, Nordic Noir is read as both a transnational financial and creative phenomenon and as a local possibility for community building. Offering a comprehensible, scholarly and methodologically original approach to the popularity of Nordic television crime dramas, this volume is aimed at readers with an interest in crime drama as well as scholars and students of television drama.

Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy

S. Peacock
Stieg Larsson s Millennium Trilogy Book PDF

Author : S. Peacock
Publisher : Springer
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780230390447

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Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy by S. Peacock Pdf

Uniquely placed to explore the worldwide phenomenon of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy beginning with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the book offers the first full-length study of Larsson's work in both its written and filmed forms.

Swedish Marxist Noir

Per Hellgren
Swedish Marxist Noir Book PDF

Author : Per Hellgren
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476673714

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Swedish Marxist Noir by Per Hellgren Pdf

Marxist theories have had a profound influence on crime fiction, beginning with the works of the American writers of the 1930s. This study explores the development of a Swedish Marxist noir subgenre after the 1990s through a Marxist reading of central works, from the Marlowe novels of Raymond Chandler to the 1960s social crime fiction of Sjowall-Wahloo to modern bestselling authors such as Henning Mankell, Stieg Larsson, Roslund & Hellstrom, Jens Lapidus, Arne Dahl and others. The works of these writers show a common thread of Marxist worldview in their portrayal of a modern world gone wrong.

Scandinavian Noir

Wendy Lesser
Scandinavian Noir Book PDF

Author : Wendy Lesser
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780374718718

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Scandinavian Noir by Wendy Lesser Pdf

"Even those unmoved by its subject will thrill to [Scandinavian Noir], a beautifully crafted inquiry into fiction, reality, crime and place . . . Perhaps when it comes to fiction and reality, what we need most are critics like Lesser, who can dissect the former with the tools of the latter." --Kate Tuttle, The New York Times Book Review An in-depth and personal exploration of Scandinavian crime fiction as a way into Scandinavian culture at large For nearly four decades, Wendy Lesser's primary source of information about three Scandinavian countries—Sweden, Norway, and Denmark—was mystery and crime novels, and the murders committed and solved in their pages. Having never visited the region, Lesser constructed a fictional Scandinavia of her own making, something between a map, a portrait, and a cultural history of a place that both exists and does not exist. Lesser’s Scandinavia is disproportionately populated with police officers, but also with the stuff of everyday life, the likes of which are relayed in great detail in the novels she read: a fully realized world complete with its own traditions, customs, and, of course, people. Over the course of many years, Lesser’s fictional Scandinavia grew more and more solidly visible to her, yet she never had a strong desire to visit the real countries that corresponded to the made-up ones. Until, she writes, “between one day and the next, that no longer seemed sufficient.” It was time to travel to Scandinavia. With vivid storytelling and an astonishing command of the literature, Wendy Lesser’s Scandinavian Noir: In Pursuit of a Mystery illuminates the vast, peculiar world of Scandinavian noir—first as it appears on the page, then as it grows in her mind, and finally, in the summer of 2018, as it exists in reality. Guided by sharp criticism, evocative travel writing, and a whimsical need to discover “the difference between existence and imagination, reality and dream,” Scandinavian Noir is a thrilling and inventive literary adventure from a masterful writer and critic.

Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen
Scandinavian Crime Fiction Book PDF

Author : Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781472529084

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Scandinavian Crime Fiction by Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen Pdf

With its bleak urban environments, psychologically compelling heroes and socially engaged plots, Scandinavian crime writing has captured the imaginations of a global audience in the 21st century. Exploring the genre's key themes, international impact and socio-political contexts, Scandinavian Crime Fiction guides readers through such key texts as Sjöwall and Wahlöö's Novel of a Crime, Gunnar Staalesen's Varg Veum series, Peter Høeg's Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow, Henning Mankell's Wallander books, Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy and TV series such as The Killing. With its focus on the function of crime fiction in both reflecting and shaping the late-modern Scandinavian welfare societies, this book is essential for readers, viewers and fans of contemporary crime writing.

Swedish Crime Fiction

Kerstin Bergman
Swedish Crime Fiction Book PDF

Author : Kerstin Bergman
Publisher : Mimesis
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-26T00:00:00+02:00
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9788857524306

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Swedish Crime Fiction by Kerstin Bergman Pdf

Why have authors from the safe, social welfare state Sweden captivated the minds of the crime fiction readers across the globe? Kerstin Bergman suggests that killer marketing and a widespread curiosityabout the “exotic” Nordic welfare states, their waste landscapes and alleged gender equality, has propelled these authors and novels into the international spotlight. Bergman uses this innovative angle to retell the recent history of crime fiction in Sweden, exploring central themes and selecting key authors that have garnered national and international acclaim for their lethal plots. Swedish Crime Fiction: The Making of Nordic Noir contextualizes the explosive recent history of the genre, offering newcomers and aficionados insights into the minds of protagonists and their literary creators. This is the first research-based and exhaustive presentation of Swedish crime fiction and its Nordic “neighbours” to an international audience.

Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Andrew K. Nestingen,Paula Arvas
Scandinavian Crime Fiction Book PDF

Author : Andrew K. Nestingen,Paula Arvas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Crime in literature
ISBN : 0708323308

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Scandinavian Crime Fiction by Andrew K. Nestingen,Paula Arvas Pdf

Crime writers from the Nordic countries have become some of the most widely read authors of the 1990s and 2000s. As the first study in English of Nordic crime fiction, this book spells out the context into which the genre fits through articles on the history, aesthetics, and film and television adaptation of Nordic crime fiction.

Swedish crime fiction

Steven Peacock
Swedish crime fiction Book PDF

Author : Steven Peacock
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781526101556

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Swedish crime fiction by Steven Peacock Pdf

Swedish crime fiction became an international phenomenon in the first decade of the twenty-first century, starting first with novels but then percolating through Swedish-language television serials and films and onto English-language BBC productions and Hollywood remakes. This book looks at the rich history of ‘Scandinavian noir’, examines the appeal of this particular genre and attempts to reveal why it is distinct from the plethora of other crime fictions. Examining the popularity of Steig Larsson’s international success with his Millennium trilogy, as well as Henning Mankell’s Wallander across the various media, Peacock also tracks some lesser-known novels and television programmes. He illustrates how the bleakness of the country’s ‘noirs’ reflects particular events and cultural and political changes, with the clash of national characteristics becoming a key feature. It will appeal to students and researchers of crime fiction and of film and television studies, as well as the many fans of the novels and dramatic representations.

Death in a Cold Climate

B. Forshaw
Death in a Cold Climate Book PDF

Author : B. Forshaw
Publisher : Springer
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230363502

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Death in a Cold Climate by B. Forshaw Pdf

Barry Forshaw, the UK's principal crime fiction expert, presents a celebration and analysis of the Scandinavian crime genre, from Sjöwall and Wahlöö's Martin Beck series through Henning Mankell's Wallander to Stieg Larsson's demolition of the Swedish Social Democratic ideal in the publishing phenomenon The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo .

Nordic Noir, Adaptation, Appropriation

Linda Badley,Andrew Nestingen,Jaakko Seppälä
Nordic Noir Adaptation Appropriation Book PDF

Author : Linda Badley,Andrew Nestingen,Jaakko Seppälä
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783030386580

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Nordic Noir, Adaptation, Appropriation by Linda Badley,Andrew Nestingen,Jaakko Seppälä Pdf

This book argues that adaptation is an underrecognized yet constitutive element of Nordic noir. In so doing, it reframes the prevailing critical view. Now celebrated for its global sweep, Nordic noir is equally a transmedial phenomenon. Nordic Noir, Adaptation, Appropriation deploys the tools of current adaptation studies to undertake a wide-ranging transcultural, intermedial exploration, adding an important new layer to the rich scholarship that has arisen around Nordic noir in recent years.

Rape in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy and Beyond

B. Åström,K. Gregersdotter,T. Horeck
Rape in Stieg Larsson s Millennium Trilogy and Beyond Book PDF

Author : B. Åström,K. Gregersdotter,T. Horeck
Publisher : Springer
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781137291639

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Rape in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy and Beyond by B. Åström,K. Gregersdotter,T. Horeck Pdf

Focusing on the sexualized violence of Stieg Larsson's bestselling Millennium trilogy – including the novels, Swedish film adaptations, and Hollywood blockbusters – this collection of essays puts Larsson's work into dialogue with Scandinavian and Anglophone crime novels by writers including Jo Nesbø, Håkan Nesser, Mo Hayder and Val McDermid.

Crime and Fantasy in Scandinavia

Andrew Nestingen
Crime and Fantasy in Scandinavia Book PDF

Author : Andrew Nestingen
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780295989242

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Crime and Fantasy in Scandinavia by Andrew Nestingen Pdf

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 Kaurism�ki, Lukas Moodysson, and Lars von Trier.

The Return Of The Dancing Master

Henning Mankell
The Return Of The Dancing Master Book PDF

Author : Henning Mankell
Publisher : Random House
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781407017839

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The Return Of The Dancing Master by Henning Mankell Pdf

WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR SIDETRACKED Herbert Molin, a retired police officer, is living alone in a remote cottage in the vast forests of northern Sweden. He has two obsessions: one is the tango and the other is a conviction that he is being hunted, constantly pursued by 'demons'. He has no close friends, no close neighbours, and by the time his body is eventually found, Molin is almost unrecognisable. Lindman, a police officer on extended sick leave, hears of the death of his former colleague and, to take his mind off his own problems, decides to involve himself in the case. What he discovers, to his horror and disbelief, is a network of evil almost unimaginable in this remote district, and one which seems impossible to link to Molin's death.