Culture, Health, and Religion at the Millennium

Sweden Unparadised
Herausgegeben:Demker, M.; Leffler, Y.; Sigurdson, O.; Wolff, Janet

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book presents interpretations of culture, health, politics, and religion in Sweden today, Sweden transforms from the well-functioning but existentially bland economic wonder to a more fragmented and gloomy society. Contributors include scholars from film studies, literary studies, political science, religious studies and theology

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-47222-9
• 2014
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 141mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9781137472229
• ISBN-10: 1137472227
• Artikelnr.: 41316731

Autorenporträt

Henrik Bogdan, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Daniel Brodén, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Andreas Johansson Heinö, University of Gothenburg, Sweden         

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Introduction; Marie Demker, Yvonne Leffler and Ola
Sigurdson 1. Hygiene as Metaphor: On Metaphorization, Racial Hygiene, and
the Swedish Ideals of Modernity; Ola Sigurdson 2. From Shared Resources to
Shared Values; Marie Demker 3. 'It's not about religion, but about
manipulation': Polemical Discourse Against Sects and Cults in Sweden;
Henrik Bogdan 4. Something Happened, But What? On Roy Andersson's Cinematic
Critique of the Development of the Welfare State; Daniel Brodén 5. Sex and
Sin in a Multicultural Sweden; Andreas Johansson Heinö 6. Chick-lit as
Healing and Self-Help Manual?; Yvonne Leffler

Rezensionen

"This fascinating and unusual book presents to the English-language reader a complex image of Sweden as a country in the process of change. Employing a highly interdisciplinary approach in film, popular literature politics, and religion, the writers, all from the University of Gothenburg, challenge stereotypes and idealizing images, crawling under the skin of contemporary Sweden and its place in the world." - David Jasper, Professor, University of Glasgow, UK and Renmin University of China, China