{"product_id":"9781526163950-nordic-gothic","title":"Nordic Gothic","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGiving an overview of contemporary Nordic Gothic in different media as well as tracing its history, \u003ci\u003eNordic Gothic \u003c\/i\u003ealso provides a number of case studies and in-depth analyses of individual narratives. It explores Nordic folklore, settings and identities as well as making visible cultural anxieties haunting the welfare state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNordic Gothic \u003c\/i\u003etraces Gothic fiction in the Nordic region from its beginnings in the nineteenth century, with a main focus on the development of Gothic from the 1990s onwards in literature, film, TV and new media. The volume gives an overview of Nordic Gothic fiction in relation to transnational developments and provides a number of case studies and in-depth analyses of individual narratives. It creates an understanding of this under-researched cultural phenomenon by showing how the narratives make visible cultural anxieties haunting the Nordic countries, their welfare systems, identities and ideologies. \u003ci\u003eNordic Gothic\u003c\/i\u003e examines how figures from Nordic folklore function as metaphorical expressions of Gothic themes and Nordic settings are explored from perspectives such as ecocriticism and postcolonialism. The book will be of interest to researchers and post- and- undergraduate students in various fields within the Humanities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40944638623841,"sku":"9781526163950","price":22.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27940137.jpg?v=1723038183","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781526163950-nordic-gothic","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}