Geopolitics, Northern Europe, and Nordic Noir: What Television Series Tell Us About World Politics

ISBN-13: 9780367565985 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 202 str.

USA) Saunder Robert A. (State University of New York (SUNY)

Opis

With its focus on the popular television genre of Nordic noir, this book examines subtle and explicit manifestations of geopolitics in crime series from Scandinavia and Finland, as well as the impact of such programmes on how northern Europe is viewed around the world.

Recenzje

"Saunder's range of secondary materials is extensive, and the book's notes and references reflect an informed, sustained research process across multiple disciplines"

- Rosemary Erickson Johnsen, Scandinavian Studies

Spis treści

Preface  1. Co-Constituting the World: Popular Culture and Geopolitics  2. Why Norden? Why Now? A Geopolitical Foregrounding  3. Northern Places, Dark Spaces: Norden as a Realm of Imagination  4. It’s the Little Things: Bodies, Communities, Encounters  5. In/Out/In-Between: (B)orders, Liminality, and Us/Them  6. Ideology vs. Idylls: Neoliberalism, Nationalism, and Nature  7. Beyond Norden: The Global Geopolitics of a Genre  Appendix 1. Television and TV Film Series

O autorze

Robert A. Saunders is a Professor in the Department of History, Politics, and Geography at Farmingdale State College – State University of New York, USA, where he teaches courses in world politics and European culture. His research explores various intersections of popular culture, geopolitics, nationalism, and religious identity.