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.
Here, this book is indebted to Andrew Nestingen's seminal study Crime and Fantasy in Scandinavia (2008), wherein he demonstrates how popular and transnational genres have recently played a central role in 'reshaping Scandinavian ...
In the introduction to Crime and Fantasy in Scandinavia, Andrew Nestingen writes: A question emerges: who are the people that make up the nation, and what is their relation to those seen as Others with whom they interact inside their ...
This collection of articles studies the development of crime fiction in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden since the 1960s, offering the first English-language study of this widely read and influential form.
Including guides to further reading and online resources to help readers explore the genre for themselves, this book is essential for readers, viewers and fans of contemporary crime writing."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
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.