New Directions in Scandinavian Studies – serie
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22 produkter
Swedish Theory of Love
Individualism and Social Trust in Modern Sweden
Av Henrik Berggren, Lars Trägårdh
Häftad, 2022
559 kr
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In 2020 Sweden's response to COVID-19 drew renewed attention to the Nordic nation in a way that put the finger on a seeming paradox. Long celebrated for its commitment to social solidarity, Sweden suddenly emerged as the last country in the West to resist lockdown while defending individual rights …
Swedish Theory of Love
Individualism and Social Trust in Modern Sweden
Av Henrik Berggren, Lars Trägårdh
Inbunden, 2022
2032 kr
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In 2020 Sweden's response to COVID-19 drew renewed attention to the Nordic nation in a way that put the finger on a seeming paradox. Long celebrated for its commitment to social solidarity, Sweden suddenly emerged as the last country in the West to resist lockdown while defending individual rights …
Christian Krohg's Naturalism
Inbunden, 2017
872 kr
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The definitive English-language account of a singular Nordic artistThe Norwegian painter, novelist, and social critic Christian Krohg (1852–1925) is best known for creating highly political paintings of workers, prostitutes, and Skagen fishermen of the 1880s and for serving as a mentor to Edvard …
Sacred to the Touch
Nordic and Baltic Religious Wood Carving
Häftad, 2018
678 kr
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With near-mythical forests of birch and pine, the Nordic and Baltic countries boast a rich tradition of religious wood carving that is in many ways emblematic of their cultures. Sacred to the Touch examines the spiritual and intellectual projects of six twentieth- and twenty-first-century artists …
Sámi Media and Indigenous Agency in the Arctic North
Av Coppélie Cocq Gelfgren, Thomas A. DuBois m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
544 kr
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Digital media–GIFs, films, TED Talks, tweets, and more–have become integral to daily life and, unsurprisingly, to Indigenous people’s strategies for addressing the historical and ongoing effects of colonization. In Sámi Media and Indigenous Agency in the Arctic North, Thomas DuBois and Coppélie …
Sámi Media and Indigenous Agency in the Arctic North
Av Coppélie Cocq Gelfgren, Thomas A. DuBois
Inbunden, 2020
1914 kr
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Digital media–GIFs, films, TED Talks, tweets, and more–have become integral to daily life and, unsurprisingly, to Indigenous people’s strategies for addressing the historical and ongoing effects of colonization. In Sámi Media and Indigenous Agency in the Arctic North, Thomas DuBois and Coppélie …
Christian Krohg's Naturalism
Häftad, 2021
625 kr
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The definitive English-language account of a singular Nordic artistThe Norwegian painter, novelist, and social critic Christian Krohg (1852–1925) is best known for creating highly political paintings of workers, prostitutes, and Skagen fishermen of the 1880s and for serving as a mentor to Edvard …
Menacing Environments
Ecohorror in Contemporary Nordic Cinema
Inbunden, 2023
1767 kr
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Analyzes a film genre's confrontation of a regional identityKnown for their progressive environmental policies and nature-loving citizens, Nordic countries also produce what may seem a counterintuitive film genre: ecohorror, where distinctions between humans and nature are blurred in unsettling …
Menacing Environments
Ecohorror in Contemporary Nordic Cinema
Häftad, 2023
487 kr
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Analyzes a film genre's confrontation of a regional identityKnown for their progressive environmental policies and nature-loving citizens, Nordic countries also produce what may seem a counterintuitive film genre: ecohorror, where distinctions between humans and nature are blurred in unsettling …
Not-Quite Child
Colonial Histories, Racialization, and Swedish Exceptionalism
Av Liina-Ly Roos, Andrew Nestingen
Inbunden, 2025
1761 kr
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Examines Swedish depictions of childhood that expose the country's colonial past and racial hierarchiesFigures like Pippi Longstocking and Greta Thunberg exemplify an ideal mainstream Swedish childhood: they are autonomous, competent, and the voices of moral truths. In this innovative work, …
Not-Quite Child
Colonial Histories, Racialization, and Swedish Exceptionalism
Av Liina-Ly Roos, Andrew Nestingen
Häftad, 2025
501 kr
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Examines Swedish depictions of childhood that expose the country's colonial past and racial hierarchiesFigures like Pippi Longstocking and Greta Thunberg exemplify an ideal mainstream Swedish childhood: they are autonomous, competent, and the voices of moral truths. In this innovative work, …
Predicament of Privilege
Inequality and Ambivalence in Contemporary Scandinavian Culture
Av Devika Sharma, Andrew Nestingen
Inbunden, 2026
1767 kr
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Is privilege a problem? Scandinavians ask, Is this okay?—and wrestle with the answerA twenty-first century paradox has emerged in contemporary Scandinavian societies: the region’s deeply ingrained egalitarian ideals exist uneasily alongside its undeniable global privilege. In The Predicament of …
Predicament of Privilege
Inequality and Ambivalence in Contemporary Scandinavian Culture
Av Devika Sharma, Andrew Nestingen
Häftad, 2026
532 kr
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Is privilege a problem? Scandinavians ask, Is this okay?—and wrestle with the answerA twenty-first century paradox has emerged in contemporary Scandinavian societies: the region’s deeply ingrained egalitarian ideals exist uneasily alongside its undeniable global privilege. In The Predicament of …
Baltic Songs of Freedom
Musical Tradition and National Identity in the Twenty-First Century
Av Guntis Šmidchens, Andrew Nestingen
Inbunden, 2027
1847 kr
Kommande
In contemporary Baltic nations, music is memory, democracy, and defiance against empireAcross Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, vast choirs regularly gather to sing before audiences numbering in the tens of thousands. These extraordinary national song celebrations are more than cultural festivals. …
Baltic Songs of Freedom
Musical Tradition and National Identity in the Twenty-First Century
Av Guntis Šmidchens, Andrew Nestingen
Häftad, 2027
547 kr
Kommande
In contemporary Baltic nations, music is memory, democracy, and defiance against empireAcross Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, vast choirs regularly gather to sing before audiences numbering in the tens of thousands. These extraordinary national song celebrations are more than cultural festivals. …
Small States in International Relations
Av Christine Ingebritsen, Iver B Neumann m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
532 kr
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Smaller nations have a special place in the international system, with a striking capacity to defy the expectations of most observers and many prominent theories of international relations. This volume of classic essays highlights the ability of small states to counter power with superior …
Selected Plays of Marcus Thrane
Häftad, 2008
663 kr
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One of the earliest ethnic theaters in America was the Norwegian Theater of Marcus Thrane, established in Chicago in September 1866. Many of the plays presented by the theater were written by Thrane, a radical newspaper editor and freethinker, and are among the most significant Norwegian American …
Knut Hamsun
The Dark Side of Literary Brilliance (New Directions in Scandinavian Studies)
Av Monika Žagar
Inbunden, 2009
1954 kr
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Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920, Knut Hamsun (1859–1952) was a towering figure of Norwegian letters. He was also a Nazi sympathizer and supporter of the German occupation of Norway during the Second World War. In 1943, Hamsun sent his Nobel medal to Third-Reich propaganda minister …
Nordic Exposures
Scandinavian Identities in Classical Hollywood Cinema
Av Arne Lunde
Häftad, 2010
560 kr
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Nordic Exposures explores how Scandinavian whiteness and ethnicity functioned in classical Hollywood cinema between and during the two world wars. Scandinavian identities could seem mutable and constructed at moments, while at other times they were deployed as representatives of an essential, …
Church Resistance to Nazism in Norway, 1940-1945
Av Arne Hassing
Häftad, 2014
487 kr
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Church Resistance to Nazism in Norway, 1940-1945 examines the evolution of the Lutheran state Church of Norway in response to the German occupation. While German Protestant churches generally accepted Nazism and state incorporation, Norway’s churches rejected both Nazism and ideological alignment. …
Sacred to the Touch
Nordic and Baltic Religious Wood Carving
Inbunden, 2018
1914 kr
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With near-mythical forests of birch and pine, the Nordic and Baltic countries boast a rich tradition of religious wood carving that is in many ways emblematic of their cultures. Sacred to the Touch examines the spiritual and intellectual projects of six twentieth- and twenty-first-century artists …
Knut Hamsun
The Dark Side of Literary Brilliance (New Directions in Scandinavian Studies)
Av Monika Žagar
Häftad, 2009
559 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920, Knut Hamsun (1859–1952) was a towering figure of Norwegian letters. He was also a Nazi sympathizer and supporter of the German occupation of Norway during the Second World War. In 1943, Hamsun sent his Nobel medal to Third-Reich propaganda minister …
