The Origins of Drama in Scandinavia
The Origins of Drama in Scandinavia

Author: Terry Gunnell

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 9780859914581

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A fresh look at early dramatic activity in Scandinavia, using archaeological, historical and literary evidence.

Danish Television Drama
Danish Television Drama

Author: Anne Marit Waade

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-08-04

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 3030407985

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This book explores how to understand the international appeal of Danish television drama and Nordic Noir in the 2010s. Focusing on production and distribution as well as the series and their reception, the chapters analyse how this small nation production culture was suddenly regarded as an example of best practice in the international television industries, and how the distribution and branding of particular series – such as Forbrydelsen/The Killing, Borgen and Bron/The Bridge – led to dedicated audiences around the world. Discussing issues such as cultural proximity, transnationalism and glocalisation, the chapters investigate the complex interplays between the national and international in the television industries and the global lessons learned from the way in which screen ideas, production frameworks and public service content from Denmark suddenly managed to travel widely. The book builds on extensive empirical material and case studies conducted as part of the transnational research project ‘What Makes Danish Television Drama Travel?’

Locating Nordic Noir
Locating Nordic Noir

Author: Kim Toft Hansen

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-10-14

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 3319598155

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This book is a comprehensive study of Nordic Noir television drama from the 1990’s until today. The authors introduce the history of contemporary Nordic Noir from the perspective of place, production and location studies. The chapters include readings of well-known television crime dramas such as Beck, The Killing, Trapped and The Bridge as well as a range of other important Nordic Noir cases. The authors position the development of Nordic Noir in the global market for popular television drama and place the international attention towards Nordic crime dramas within regional development of drama production in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland. Consequently, Nordic Noir is read as both a transnational financial and creative phenomenon and as a local possibility for community building. Offering a comprehensible, scholarly and methodologically original approach to the popularity of Nordic television crime dramas, this volume is aimed at readers with an interest in crime drama as well as scholars and students of television drama.

Nights of Awe
Nights of Awe

Author: Harri Nykänen

Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1904738923

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Eccentric Jewish policeman Ariel Kafka investigates four Arabs' murders in this fresh take on the Nordic crime novel.

Faceless Killers
Faceless Killers

Author: Henning Mankell

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0099535270

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The murder of a farming couple in Sweden unleashes a wave of xenophobia when it is learned that the woman's dying words were "foreigner." The case is given to Inspector Kurt Wallender, a lover of opera and booze. Part crime story, part look at the attitude of Swedes to immigrants.

European Television Crime Drama and Beyond
European Television Crime Drama and Beyond

Author: Kim Toft Hansen

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-12-05

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 3319968874

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This book is the first to focus on the role of European television crime drama on the international market. As a genre, the television crime drama has enjoyed a long and successful career, routinely serving as a prism from which to observe the local, national and even transnational issues that are prevalent in society. This extensive volume explores a wide range of countries, from the US to European countries such as Spain, Italy, the Scandinavian countries, Germany, England and Wales, in order to reveal the very currencies that are at work in the global production and circulation of the TV crime drama. The chapters, all written by leading television and crime fiction scholars, provide readings of crime dramas such as the Swedish-Danish The Bridge, the Welsh Hinterland, the Spanish Under Suspicion, the Italian Gomorrah, the German Tatort and the Turkish Cinayet. By examining both European texts and the ‘European-ness’ of various international dramas, this book ultimately demonstrates that transnationalism is at the very core of TV crime drama in Europe and beyond.