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Author:   Tommy Gustafsson (Professor of Film Studies, Linnaeus University) ,  Pietari Kääpä (Lecturer in Media and Communications, University of Stirling) ,  Tommy Gustafsson ,  Outi Hakola
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.562kg
ISBN:  

9780748693184

ISBN 10:   0748693181
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   15 May 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Nordic Genre Film and Institutional History, Tommy Gustafsson & Pietari Kääpä; Part I: Heritage cinema and national narratives; Sibelius (2003) and the Re-emergence of the Great Man Biopic, Kimmo Laine; Whose Repressed Memories? Max Manus: Man of War and Flame & Citron (from a Swede’s Point of View), Erik Hedling; Voices from the Past: Recent Nordic Historical Films, Gunnar Iversen; Part II: Crime and detective narratives; Crime Up North: The Case of Norway, Finland and Iceland, Björn Norðfjörð; The Thrill of the Nordic Kill: The Manhunt Movie in the Nordic Thriller, Rikke Schubart; Bridges and Tunnels: Negotiating the national in transnational television-drama, Anders Wilhelm Åberg; Stockholm Noir: Neoliberalism and Gangsterism in Easy Money, Michael Tapper; The Private Life of the Prime Minister? Politics, Drama and Documentary in Pääministeri (2009) and Palme (2012), Anneli Lehtisalo; Part III: Nordic optimism: road movies, comedies and musicals; Fathers and sons reunited: road movies as stories of generational continuity, Tommi Römpötti; The Nordic “Quirky Feel-good”, Ellen Rees;Contesting Marriage: The Finnish Unromantic Comedy, Jaakko Seppälä; Powered by Music: Contemporary Film Musicals, Nordic Style, Ann-Kristin Wallengren; Part IV: Nordic Horrors; Slasher in the Snow: The Rise of the Low-Budget Nordic Horror Film, Tommy Gustafsson; Nordic Vampires: Stories of Social Exclusion in Nordic Welfare States, Outi Hakola; Part V: Genre Benders; A National/Transnational Genre: Pornography in Transition, Mariah Larsson; Going Hollywood: Nordic Directors in American Cinema, Arne Lunde; A culture of reciprocity: the politics of cultural exchange in contemporary Nordic genre Film, Pietari Kääpä.

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This multifaceted - and longed-for - anthology explores Nordic film through a dynamic transnational perspective, combining thorough analytical approaches with a wide range of cultural and social observations. The texts uncover the importance of Nordic genre cinema from romantic comedy to slasher, and put its recent successes in a historical context. -- Lars Gustaf Andersson, Lund University, Sweden The volume stands out in its breadth of critical discussion and detailed examination of contemporary, post-2000 films and television series. What is indeed refreshing is that the chapters in this book pay particular attention to the transnational production, distribution, and reception of contemporary genre films - in part following the 'institutional turn' in film studies today, and in part an effort to expand our understanding of genre and its connections to regional and transnational dynamics. -- Pei-Sze Chow, Scandinavica: An International Journal of Scandinavian Studies

This multifaceted - and longed-for - anthology explores Nordic film through a dynamic transnational perspective, combining thorough analytical approaches with a wide range of cultural and social observations. The texts uncover the importance of Nordic genre cinema from romantic comedy to slasher, and put its recent successes in a historical context. -- Lars Gustaf Andersson, Lund University, Sweden The volume stands out in its breadth of critical discussion and detailed examination of contemporary, post-2000 films and television series. What is indeed refreshing is that the chapters in this book pay particular attention to the transnational production, distribution, and reception of contemporary genre films - in part following the 'institutional turn' in film studies today, and in part an effort to expand our understanding of genre and its connections to regional and transnational dynamics. -- Pei-Sze Chow, Scandinavica: An International Journal of Scandinavian Studies

This multifaceted - and longed-for - anthology explores Nordic film through a dynamic transnational perspective, combining thorough analytical approaches with a wide range of cultural and social observations. The texts uncover the importance of Nordic genre cinema from romantic comedy to slasher, and put its recent successes in a historical context. -- Lars Gustaf Andersson, Lund University, Sweden

Author Information

Tommy Gustafsson is Professor of Film Studies at Linnaeus University, Sweden. His books include The Politics of Nordsploitation (with Pietari Kääpä, 2021), Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema (2014), and the anthologies Nordic Genre Films (EUP, 2015) and Transnational Ecocinema (2013), both co-edited with Pietari Kääpä. Pietari Kääpä is Lecturer in Media and Communications at University of Stirling. He is the author of The Cinema of Mika Kaurismaki (Intellect Books, 2011) and Ecology and Contemporary Nordic Cinemas (Continuum, 2013). With Tommy Gustafsson, he is co-editor of Transnational Ecocinema: Film Culture in an Era of Ecological Transformation (Intellect, 2013).

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