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«The Scandinavian Invasion offers an important and timely interrogation of Nordic Noir. Putting the concept under a microscope in a series of diverse chapters, it reveals that Nordic Noir is still teeming with vigorous life as it has emerged, proliferated and travelled across borders, becoming in the process a cultural phenomenon that has had significant implications for global television in the new millennium.»
(Sue Turnbull, University of Wollongong)
You might think you know what Nordic Noir is. Brutal crimes. Harsh landscapes. Brilliant but socially dysfunctional protagonists. Stylish knitwear. Yet, as a generic category and cultural phenomenon, Nordic Noir has always been far more complex. The story of its success owes as much to adaptation and evolution as it does to geographical migration or cosmopolitan curiosity.
But how did this happen? What was it about the genre that struck such a chord with international audiences and readers? How did it build on previous trends and influences? And how has the category changed in order to survive in a cutthroat commercial landscape? Has it become less «Nordic »? Less «noir »? Has its proverbial moment in the sun passed?
Featuring twelve original chapters and an editorial introduction, The Scandinavian Invasion brings together leading media and literature scholars from the UK, Denmark and Australia to critically examine how the phenomenon took shape and what we can learn from it. By exploring the cultural, aesthetic and industrial forces that propelled Nordic Noir across borders, the book provides a kaleidoscopic look at a disruptive cultural phenomenon in transition.
Nordic Noir is dead. Long live Nordic Noir!
Contents
Content: Foreign Currency? Branding and Rebranding Nordic Noir Television in the UK - Claiming Jurisdiction: Bron|Broen, Trading TV Fictions and the Geopolitics of Producing Value across Borders - Bron|Broen: The Pilot as Space between Cultures and (Re)negotiations of Nordic Noir - Shadows under the Sun: Situating Nordic Noir within an Australian Audiovisual Landscape - Far Away, So Close: Sydney- Siders Watching Forbrydelsen, Borgen and Bron|Broen - An Autoethnography of Nordic Noir, or When the 'Knowing Audience' Doesn't Know - Utopian Noir: Borgen Viewed in Denmark and the UK - Investigating the Silent Other: Negotiating Difference and Its Absence in Contemporary Scandinavian Crime Fiction - The Second Wave of Nordic Noir: New Names in the Development of the Genre - Deserted Parks and Empty Swings: Remaking the Disappearing Child in Nordic Crime and Horror - Building Snowmen: Frozen and/ as Nordic Noir - From the Inside Out: Collective Perspectives on the Sensation of SKAM.
