Read more
Zusatztext For those of us teaching and researching in the area , Noir in the North is a timely and stimulating study that makes a significant contribution to a dynamic area within crime fiction studies. At its heart is a crucial debate – across critical and creative fields – about the relationship between a transnational approach and the highly localised settings, cultures and languages from which this work emerges. It is also a study that takes its coordinates seriously, interrogating both the concept of 'north' (as shifting geographical territory and imagined space) and the tricky, seductive parameters of 'noir' in its literary, cinematic and televised forms. As well as addressing more familiar narratives around the political origins and commitments of Scandinavian crime fiction, these are essays that lead in new directions – towards the hidden colonial legacies of the region and the resonant 'whiteness' of the genre. Informationen zum Autor Stacy Gillis is Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature at Newcastle University, UK. She is the editor of four books, including Feminism, Domesticity and Popular Culture (co-edited with Joanne Hollows, 2009). Gunnþórunn Guðmundsdóttir is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Iceland. She is the author of Representations of Forgetting in Life Writing and Fiction (2016).In this timely and vital account of the transnational cross-media phenomenon that is often loosely described as ‘Nordic noir’, leading scholars and three crime writers unpick precisely what is noir and what is northern about this genre, and discuss its transnational significance. Zusammenfassung What is often termed ‘Nordic Noir’ has dominated detective fiction, film and television internationally for over two decades. But what are the parameters of this genre, both historically and geographically? What is noirish and what is northern about Nordic noir? The foreword and coda in this volume, by two internationally-bestselling writers of crime fiction in the north, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir and Gunnar Staalesen, speak to the social contract undertaken by writers of noir, while the interview with the renowned crime writer Val McDermid adds nuance to our understanding of what it is to write noir in the North.Divided into four sections – Gender and Sexuality, Space and Place, Politics and Crime, and Genre and Genealogy – Noir in the North challenges the traditional critical histories of noir by investigating how it functions transnationally beyond the geographical borders of Scandinavia. The essays in this book deepen our critical understanding of noir more generally by demonstrating, for example, Nordic noir’s connection to fin-de-siècle literatures and to mid-century interior design, and by investigating the function of the state in crime fiction. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of FiguresNotes on ContributorsForeword Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (Author, Iceland) Acknowledgements1. Introduction: Noir in the North Gunnthorunn Guðmundsdóttir (University of Iceland, Iceland) and Gerardine Meaney (University College Dublin, Ireland) PART I GENDER AND TRANSNATIONAL DIMENSIONS 2. The Woman Between: A Social Network Analysis of The Fall and The Bridge Gerardine Meany (University College Dublin, Ireland), Derek Greene (University College Dublin, Ireland), Karen Wade (University College Dublin, Ireland), Maria Mulvany (University College Dublin, Ireland) 3. Adapting Nordic Noir: From Forbrydelsen to The Killing Delphine Letort (Le Mans University, France) 4. Lilyhammer's 'Land of Second Chances': Masculinity, Violence and Corruption Catherine Ross Nickerson (Emory University, USA) PART II SPACE AND PLACE 5. Views from The Bridge : Panoramas, Streetscapes and the Optics of Noir Graeme Gilloch (Lancaster University, UK) 6. Complex N...
