Culture, Health, and Religion at the Millennium
Sweden Unparadised
Paperback
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ISBN-13:
9781349501168
Veröffentl:
2014
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
19.11.2014
Seiten:
208
Autor:
M. Demker
Gewicht:
269 g
Format:
216x140x12 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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
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
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