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Unthinking ethnocentrism : ecocritical approaches to ethnic diversity in Nordic screen media

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Moffat, Kate and Kaapa, Pietari (2018) Unthinking ethnocentrism : ecocritical approaches to ethnic diversity in Nordic screen media. Journal of Scandinavian Cinema, 8 (2). pp. 149-165. doi:10.1386/jsca.8.2.149_1

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jsca.8.2.149_1

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Abstract

This article develops an ecocritical perspective on the ways Nordic film and television has addressed ethnic and racial diversity. Here we develop the term ‘ecotone’, a concept originating in environmental studies that characterizes the transitional space linking separate ecological communities. Focusing on the popular noir series Bron/Broen (The Bridge) (2011–18), Hannes Holm’s Swedish comedy En man som heter Ove (A Man Called Ove) (2015), the Norwegian teen drama Skam (Shame) (2015–17) and Ruben Östlund’s controversial film Play (2011), we claim that the ecotone, when adopted as a form of mediated intervention, allows us to interrogate the taken-for-granted ideological foundations of Nordic societies. This involves unpacking the representations of material culture and spatial interconnectedness that define immigrant Others in relation to their environment.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1990 Broadcasting
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1993 Motion Pictures
Q Science > QH Natural history
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > Film and Television Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Ecotones, Multiculturalism , Motion pictures -- Scandinavia , Motion pictures and television -- Scandinavia , Cultural pluralism -- Scandinavia , Cultural pluralism in motion pictures, Cultural pluralism in mass media
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Scandinavian Cinema
Publisher: Intellect Publishers
ISSN: 2042-7891
Official Date: 1 June 2018
Dates:
DateEvent
1 June 2018Published
1 June 2018Accepted
Date of first compliant deposit: 3 March 2020
Volume: 8
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 149-165
DOI: 10.1386/jsca.8.2.149_1
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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