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    Studies in Fiction, Media and a Contemporary Cultural Experience

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    With contributions from various experts, this is an interdisciplinary approach to the global phenomenon that is the Twilight series, which has evolved well beyond the novels by Stephenie Meyer. This anthology contains in-depth film analyses, gender perspectives, economic and literary studies of the book market, and several articles on fans and fandom as well as contributions investigating vampire ... Read more

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  • The Intellect Handbook of Nordic Cinema

    The Intellect Handbook of Nordic Cinema is a comprehensive reference work providing an overview of cinema in the Nordic countries – Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland. Comparing the cinematic cultures of the five Nordic nations as well as Sápmi, it gives the readers a more comparative and general perspective of Nordic cinema. Even though the Nordic countries are very different, and have ... Read more

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  • The Swedish Porn Scene

    Exhibition Contexts, 8mm Pornography and the Sex Film

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    This book presents a close look at the golden age of Swedish pornography in the 1970s, with a specific focus on pornographic films screened in Malmö between 1971 and 1976. How, Mariah Larsson asks, was that one small city’s embrace of the era’s sexual liberation both representative and unique in relation to the rest of Sweden?Combining historical case studies with comprehensive analyses of ... Read more

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  • Swedish Film

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    A compilation of carefully selected articles written by international film scholars, this record provides an in-depth look into the history of Swedish film. This scholarly account covers various phenomena, including the early screenings at the turn of the century, Swedish censorship, the golden age of silent films, 1930s' comedies and melodramas, documentaries, pornography, and experimental films. ... Read more

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  • Sexual Fantasies

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  • Interdisciplinary Approaches to Twilight: Fiction, Media, and a Contemporary Cultural Experience

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    The Twilight novels by Stephenie Meyer have developed from a bookseries into a powerful phenomenon with an astonishing impact. Not only have the books been adapted for the screen, but they have also spawned a huge number of works by fans, readers, reviewers, and scholars. The multifaceted Interdisciplinary Approaches to Twilight brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines in order to ... Read more

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  • Women Filmmakers and the Welfare State

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    Series series Film Culture in Transition
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  • Swedish Cinema and the Sexual Revolution

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    Swedish cinema became recognized for daring representations of sexuality with such films as One Summer of Happiness (1951), The Silence (1963), I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967) and a wave of sex films in the late 1960s and 1970s. The association between Swedish film and sexuality shows up frequently in popular culture. From Taxi Driver (1976) to Mad Men (2007-2015), dirty Swedish movie references ... Read more

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  • Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader

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