Contemporary French and Scandinavian Crime Fiction: citizenship, gender and ethnicity
Author:   Anne Grydehoj
Publisher:   University of Wales Press
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9781786837189


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   15 June 2021
Format:   Hardback
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A comparative approach to French and Scandinavian crime fiction. This book offers a study of Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and French crime fiction from 1965 to the present. Anne Grydehoj presents twelve literary case studies to examine how the genre responded to shifting social realities. The book's analysis focuses on the way that crime fiction internalized themes regarding the French model of republican universalism and the Scandinavian welfare state-both of which were routinely characterized as being in a state of crisis at the end of the twentieth century. Adopting a comparative and interdisciplinary approach, the book investigates the interplay between contemporary Scandinavian and French crime narratives as it considers the way these novels engaged with the relationship between state and citizen through the lens of class, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity.

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Author:   Anne Grydehoj
Publisher:   University of Wales Press
Imprint:   University of Wales Press
ISBN:  

9781786837189


ISBN 10:   1786837188
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   15 June 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: The Structure of Crime Fiction Revolutions Chapter 1 - Social and Literary Models in Crisis Chapter 2 - Individual and Collective Identities in the Twenty-First Century PART II: Gender and Genre Chapter 3 - Gender and Sexuality in the femikrimi and the polar au feminin Chapter 4 - The Figure of the Prostitute Part III: Cultures in Migration Chapter 5 - Bled and Banlieue in French Crime Fiction Chapter 6 - Self and Other in Scandinavian Crime Fiction Conclusion: Closing the Case Selected bibliography

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Anne Grydehoj is Senior Teaching Fellow in UCL's Department of Scandinavian Studies, where she teaches Danish language and culture. She has authored numerous articles on Scandinavian crime fiction.

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