Crisis Politics in Contemporary Nordic Film Culture: Representing Race and Ethnicity in a Transforming Europe
Identity politics in the Nordic region, that is, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway, is in crisis. While these five small nations have garnered a reputation for their perceived exceptionalism, liberal progressiveness and strong welfare-orientated agendas, over the last thirty years, immigr...
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ftunivstirling:oai:dspace.stir.ac.uk:1893/29975 2023-05-15T16:52:19+02:00 Crisis Politics in Contemporary Nordic Film Culture: Representing Race and Ethnicity in a Transforming Europe Moffat, Katie Louise Ezra, Elizabeth This PhD was funded by the AHRC through the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities (SGSAH). 2018-11 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29975 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/29975/1/Katie%20Moffat%20PhD.pdf en eng University of Stirling Moffat, Kate (2018) Race, Ethnicity, and Gang Violence: Exploring Multicultural Tensions in Contemporary Danish Cinema, Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, 25 (1) pp. 136-153. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29975 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/29975/1/Katie%20Moffat%20PhD.pdf 2020-08-31 I request a 12-month delay as I intend to publish the thesis as a monograph. 2020-09-01 Nordic cinema immigration multiculturalism welfare state crisis Motion pictures Scandinavia Motion pictures Scandinavia History and criticism Racism in motion pictures Ethnicity in motion pictures Thesis or Dissertation Doctoral Doctor of Philosophy 2018 ftunivstirling 2022-06-13T18:46:08Z Identity politics in the Nordic region, that is, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway, is in crisis. While these five small nations have garnered a reputation for their perceived exceptionalism, liberal progressiveness and strong welfare-orientated agendas, over the last thirty years, immigration into the Nordic region has increased significantly, and the political and cultural debates over ethnicity and belonging have become more intensely polarised. However, the film cultures of these five small nations have responded to these developments in complex and multifaceted ways giving rise to a broad calibre of film texts that both challenge and reinforce dominant perceptions of national identity. This thesis attempts to provide some insight into how wider political and ideological shifts have influenced onscreen representations of ethnicity and race over the last three decades. It does so by exploring a range of genres including comedy, social realism, art-house and documentary cinema using close textual and thematic analysis to unearth a region wrestling with the influences of globalisation. The thesis also situates this analysis in relation to film policies relevant to each respective national Nordic film institute, all of whom play an essential role in dictating the direction of Nordic film and media culture. Consequently, this research shows that representations of ethnic identity are shaped by ethnocentric perceptions of Nordic whiteness where ‘ethnic Nordic’ characters typically turn the experiences and perspectives of ethnic minorities into their own. However, it also demonstrates how a diversification of production channels, media policy directives and an emerging generation of filmmakers are challenging fixed perceptions of ethnic and racial identities and their relationships with conventional notions of ‘Nordicness.’ These contributions enhance the current scholarship on Nordic film culture by foregrounding the politics of race and ethnicity and further developing the theoretical argument for ... Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Iceland University of Stirling: Stirling Digital Research Repository Norway |
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Identity politics in the Nordic region, that is, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway, is in crisis. While these five small nations have garnered a reputation for their perceived exceptionalism, liberal progressiveness and strong welfare-orientated agendas, over the last thirty years, immigration into the Nordic region has increased significantly, and the political and cultural debates over ethnicity and belonging have become more intensely polarised. However, the film cultures of these five small nations have responded to these developments in complex and multifaceted ways giving rise to a broad calibre of film texts that both challenge and reinforce dominant perceptions of national identity. This thesis attempts to provide some insight into how wider political and ideological shifts have influenced onscreen representations of ethnicity and race over the last three decades. It does so by exploring a range of genres including comedy, social realism, art-house and documentary cinema using close textual and thematic analysis to unearth a region wrestling with the influences of globalisation. The thesis also situates this analysis in relation to film policies relevant to each respective national Nordic film institute, all of whom play an essential role in dictating the direction of Nordic film and media culture. Consequently, this research shows that representations of ethnic identity are shaped by ethnocentric perceptions of Nordic whiteness where ‘ethnic Nordic’ characters typically turn the experiences and perspectives of ethnic minorities into their own. However, it also demonstrates how a diversification of production channels, media policy directives and an emerging generation of filmmakers are challenging fixed perceptions of ethnic and racial identities and their relationships with conventional notions of ‘Nordicness.’ These contributions enhance the current scholarship on Nordic film culture by foregrounding the politics of race and ethnicity and further developing the theoretical argument for ... |
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Crisis Politics in Contemporary Nordic Film Culture: Representing Race and Ethnicity in a Transforming Europe |
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Crisis Politics in Contemporary Nordic Film Culture: Representing Race and Ethnicity in a Transforming Europe |
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Crisis Politics in Contemporary Nordic Film Culture: Representing Race and Ethnicity in a Transforming Europe |
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Crisis Politics in Contemporary Nordic Film Culture: Representing Race and Ethnicity in a Transforming Europe |
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Crisis Politics in Contemporary Nordic Film Culture: Representing Race and Ethnicity in a Transforming Europe |
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crisis politics in contemporary nordic film culture: representing race and ethnicity in a transforming europe |
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Moffat, Kate (2018) Race, Ethnicity, and Gang Violence: Exploring Multicultural Tensions in Contemporary Danish Cinema, Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, 25 (1) pp. 136-153. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29975 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/29975/1/Katie%20Moffat%20PhD.pdf |
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2020-08-31 I request a 12-month delay as I intend to publish the thesis as a monograph. 2020-09-01 |
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