Foreign Influences on Nordic (Noir) Borderlands

Abstract This article analyses the three recent Nordic Noir television series Bordertown ( Sorjonen ) from Finland, Trapped ( Ófærð ), from Iceland, and the Danish-Swedish The Bridge ( Broen / Bron ). All series are located on national borderlands, and this article aims to discern the significance o...

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Published in:European Journal of Scandinavian Studies
Main Author: Marklund, Anders
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2019
Subjects:
Literature and Literary Theory
Linguistics and Language
Language and Linguistics
Cultural Studies
Iceland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ejss-2019-0011
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Summary:Abstract This article analyses the three recent Nordic Noir television series Bordertown ( Sorjonen ) from Finland, Trapped ( Ófærð ), from Iceland, and the Danish-Swedish The Bridge ( Broen / Bron ). All series are located on national borderlands, and this article aims to discern the significance of using such borderland settings. Departing from Doreen Massey’s emphasis on places as being inherently inter-linked with other places, the article characterises the various ways foreign influences are represented and narrativised in these three series.

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