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Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema

A Cultural Analysis of 1920s Films

By: Tommy Gustafsson

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Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema

A Cultural Analysis of 1920s Films

By: Tommy Gustafsson

Swedish society underwent great changes during the first decades of the 1900s and the new consumption and entertainment culture came under fire. Children and youth--but also women and the working classes--become symbols of the forces breaking down traditional structures and values. These groups were also identified as the principal audience for the new film medium. Hence, during the silent era, film culture interacted with society at large, filling the screen with contradictory images of diverging masculinities and gender/ethnic relations. In fact, film culture became one of the most important arenas where new gender relations could be articulated. This book covers Swedish film culture throughout the 1920s. It is the first in-depth exploration of Swedish silent film culture that goes beyond the small number of canonized films of the "Swedish Golden Age" that have been discussed as "art" for nearly 100 years. The study is based on extensive research and takes all Swedish feature films produced in the 1920s into consideration, together with a large number of source materials that include fan and trade magazines, manuscripts, censorship records, government reports and some 900 film reviews.

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McFarland

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1476617120

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We Experienced Christ

Spiritual Encounters with Jesus Christ, Reports from the Religious-Social Institute, Stockholm

By: Gunnar Hillerdal,Berndt Gustafsson

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We Experienced Christ

Spiritual Encounters with Jesus Christ, Reports from the Religious-Social Institute, Stockholm

By: Gunnar Hillerdal,Berndt Gustafsson

‘And at this moment a peculiar, inconceivable, but wonderful thing happened. Suddenly – I assure you, completely unexpected and unwished for – I felt precisely that Someone stood beside me, Someone who radiated comfort and strength. And I heard, but without sound... as clearly and distinctly as if someone had literally spoken to me: “Do not despair, you are not alone, I am alive.”’ Curious as to what they might discover, two theologians advertised in a national Swedish newspaper for people to write in with their personal experiences of meeting Christ spiritually. They received more than one hundred rich and varied responses, even from some people who described themselves as non-religious. The reports described extraordinary, surprising and usually unrequested experiences. Most of the correspondents had not previously spoken of what had happened to them, often out of fear for what others might think. These precious and valuable experiences are gathered together here and complemented with wise and insightful commentary by the authors, Professor Berndt Gustafsson and Dr Gunnar Hillerdal, both serious academics. The accounts they present form an extraordinary testimony, which will be of interest to any open-minded person seeking truth and meaning in life. ‘It is about a number of individuals, independent of each other and not influenced by anyone or anything, who have appeared as spontaneous witnesses. One cannot bypass such a thing, regardless of any explanations and intellectual judgements. It is simply about facts.’ – Professor Boris Tullander, Ph.D., from the Foreword

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Temple Lodge Publishing

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1906999864

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Nordic Genre Film

By: Tommy Gustafsson

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Nordic Genre Film

By: Tommy Gustafsson

Nordic Genre Film offers a transnational approach to studying contemporary genre production in Nordic cinema.

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748693203

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Crime Scenery in Postwar Film and Photography

By: Henrik Gustafsson

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Crime Scenery in Postwar Film and Photography

By: Henrik Gustafsson

This book offers a rare and innovative consideration of an enduring tendency in postwar art to explore places devoid of human agents in the wake of violent encounters. To see the scenery together with the crime elicits a double interrogation, not merely of a physical site but also of its formation as an aesthetic artefact, and ultimately of our own acts of looking and imagining. Closely engaging with a vast array of works made by artists, filmmakers and photographers, each who has forged a distinct vantage point on the aftermath of crime and conflict, the study selectively maps the afterlife of landscape in search of the political and ethical agency of the image. By way of a thoroughly interdisciplinary approach, Crime Scenery in Postwar Film and Photography brings landscape studies into close dialogue with contemporary theory by paying sustained attention to how the gesture of retracing past events facilitates new configurations of the present and future.

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Springer

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3030048675

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The Politics of Nordsploitation

History, Industry, Audiences

By: Pietari Kääpä,Tommy Gustafsson

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The Politics of Nordsploitation

History, Industry, Audiences

By: Pietari Kääpä,Tommy Gustafsson

The Politics of Nordsploitation takes a transnational approach to exploring Nordic 'exploitation' films in their industrial contexts, viewing them as not only political manifestations of domestic considerations but also to position Nordic film cultures in a global context. Incorporating a wide range of films, from international cult classics like They Call Her One Eye (1974), homegrown martial arts films like The Ninja Mission (1984) to contemporary crowd-sourced fan productions like Iron Sky (2012), this volume examines the remarkable diversity of genre-based, commercially and culturally exploitative film production throughout the Nordic countries – emphasized here through the term 'Nordsploitation'. This volume provides a historical exposition of largely ignored marginal films and film cultural patterns. It also outlines how influential these films have been in shaping the development of Nordic cinema. The effects are visible in the films of the new millennium as previously marginalized practices now enter the mainstream. With sharp insights and new research, The Politics of Nordsploitation redefines the concept of 'exploitation' and its role in small nation cinemas.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1501327313

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Funeral Music for Freemasons

By: Lars Gustafsson

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Funeral Music for Freemasons

By: Lars Gustafsson

Three brilliant and free-spirited students of 1950s Stockholm find themselves, years later, leading uncreative, dreary lives.

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New Directions Publishing

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0811210189

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War and Shadows

The Haunting of Vietnam

By: Mai Lan Gustafsson

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War and Shadows

The Haunting of Vietnam

By: Mai Lan Gustafsson

Vietnamese culture and religious traditions place the utmost importance on dying well: in old age, body unblemished, with surviving children, and properly buried and mourned. More than five million people were killed in the Vietnam War, many of them young, many of them dying far from home. Another 300,000 are still missing. Having died badly, they are thought to have become angry ghosts, doomed to spend eternity in a kind of spirit hell. Decades after the war ended, many survivors believe that the spirits of those dead and missing have returned to haunt their loved ones. In War and Shadows, the anthropologist Mai Lan Gustafsson tells the story of the anger of these spirits and the torments of their kin. Gustafsson's rich ethnographic research allows her to bring readers into the world of spirit possession, focusing on the source of the pain, the physical and mental anguish the spirits bring, and various attempts to ameliorate their anger through ritual offerings and the intervention of mediums. Through a series of personal life histories, she chronicles the variety of ailments brought about by the spirits' wrath, from headaches and aching limbs (often the same limb lost by a loved one in battle) to self-mutilation. In Gustafsson's view, the Communist suppression of spirit-based religion after the fall of Saigon has intensified anxieties about the well-being of the spirit world. While shrines and mourning are still allowed, spirit mediums were outlawed and driven underground, along with many of the other practices that might have provided some comfort. Despite these restrictions, she finds, victims of these hauntings do as much as possible to try to lay their ghosts to rest.

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Cornell University Press

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0801457459

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The Production of Seriousness

The Metaphysics of Economic Reason

By: C. Gustafsson

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The Production of Seriousness

The Metaphysics of Economic Reason

By: C. Gustafsson

This book is about the roots of managerial rationality. A theoretical base, founded on the concept of 'memetics' is developed in order to explain human thinking and human reason as products of cultural evolution. Cultural change and development are explained by simple, value-driven memetic mechanisms like 'ritualization' and 'extremization'.

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Springer

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0230355714

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9780230355712

Competing in a Service Economy

How to Create a Competitive Advantage Through Service Development and Innovation

By: Matthew D. Johnson,Anders Gustafsson

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Competing in a Service Economy

How to Create a Competitive Advantage Through Service Development and Innovation

By: Matthew D. Johnson,Anders Gustafsson

Die Fähigkeit, hochwertige Dienstleistungen zu entwickeln und anzubieten, ist zu einem wesentlichen Faktor für die Unternehmensstrategie und den Unternehmenserfolg geworden. "Competing in a Service Economy" hilft Führungskräften und Managern bei der Neuentwicklung und Innovation von Dienstleistungen strategisch zu denken und zu planen. Wer Dienstleistungen entwickelt, steigert die Kundenzufriedenheit und damit die Finanz-Performance. Der Band erläutert detailliert die Tools und Prozesse für die Bereitstellung, Verbesserung und Innovation von Dienstleistungen. Fallstudien zu IKEA, Disney, Volvo Trucks, Sterling Pulp Chemicals und EMC2 belegen anschaulich die verschiedenen Ansätze. Die Autoren verfügen über langjährige Praxiserfahrung im Bereich wissenschaftlicher und angewandter Forschung in Zusammenarbeit mit einer Vielzahl von Firmen und Organisationen. "Competing in a Service Economy" ist ein praxisorientierter Leitfaden, der Ihnen genau sagt, wie Sie sich durch die Entwicklung und Innovation von Dienstleistungen einen Wettbewerbsvorteil sichern.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0787970670

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9780787970673

Scientific Computing

A Historical Perspective

By: Bertil Gustafsson

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Scientific Computing

A Historical Perspective

By: Bertil Gustafsson

This book explores the most significant computational methods and the history of their development. It begins with the earliest mathematical / numerical achievements made by the Babylonians and the Greeks, followed by the period beginning in the 16th century. For several centuries the main scientific challenge concerned the mechanics of planetary dynamics, and the book describes the basic numerical methods of that time. In turn, at the end of the Second World War scientific computing took a giant step forward with the advent of electronic computers, which greatly accelerated the development of numerical methods. As a result, scientific computing became established as a third scientific method in addition to the two traditional branches: theory and experimentation. The book traces numerical methods’ journey back to their origins and to the people who invented them, while also briefly examining the development of electronic computers over the years. Featuring 163 references and more than 100 figures, many of them portraits or photos of key historical figures, the book provides a unique historical perspective on the general field of scientific computing – making it a valuable resource for all students and professionals interested in the history of numerical analysis and computing, and for a broader readership alike.

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3319698478

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A Time in Xanadu

By: Lars Gustafsson

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A Time in Xanadu

By: Lars Gustafsson

Lars Gustafsson--poet, novelist, and philosopher--is one of Sweden's leading and most prolific writers.

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Copper Canyon Press

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1556592752

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Fundamentals of Scientific Computing

By: Bertil Gustafsson

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Fundamentals of Scientific Computing

By: Bertil Gustafsson

The book of nature is written in the language of mathematics -- Galileo Galilei How is it possible to predict weather patterns for tomorrow, with access solely to today’s weather data? And how is it possible to predict the aerodynamic behavior of an aircraft that has yet to be built? The answer is computer simulations based on mathematical models – sets of equations – that describe the underlying physical properties. However, these equations are usually much too complicated to solve, either by the smartest mathematician or the largest supercomputer. This problem is overcome by constructing an approximation: a numerical model with a simpler structure can be translated into a program that tells the computer how to carry out the simulation. This book conveys the fundamentals of mathematical models, numerical methods and algorithms. Opening with a tutorial on mathematical models and analysis, it proceeds to introduce the most important classes of numerical methods, with finite element, finite difference and spectral methods as central tools. The concluding section describes applications in physics and engineering, including wave propagation, heat conduction and fluid dynamics. Also covered are the principles of computers and programming, including MATLAB®.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642194958

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9783642194955

Museum of Nonhumanity

By: Laura Gustafsson,Terike Haapoja

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Museum of Nonhumanity

By: Laura Gustafsson,Terike Haapoja

Museum of Nonhumanity is the catalogue for a full-size touring museum that presents the history of the distinction between humans and animals, and the way that this artificial boundary has been used to oppress human and nonhuman beings over long historical periods. Throughout history, declaring a group to be nonhuman or subhuman has been an effective tool for justifying slavery, oppression, medical experimentation, genocide, and other forms of violence against those deemed "other." Conversely, differentiating humans from other species has paved the way for the abuse of natural resources and other animals. Museum of Nonhumanity approaches animalization as a nexus that connects xenophobia, sexism, racism, transphobia, and the abuse of nature and other animals. The touring museum hosts lecture programs in which local civil rights and animal rights organizations, academics, artists, and activists propose paths to a more inclusive society through intersectional approaches. The museum also hosts a pop-up book shop and a vegan café. As a temporary, utopian institution, Museum of Nonhumanity stands as a monument to the call to make animalization history.

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punctum books

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1950192113

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9781950192113

Voices of Supporters

Populist parties, social media and the 2019 European elections

By: Veronika Koller,Natalia Borza,Massimiliano Demata,Laura Filardo-Llamas,Anna W. Gustafsson,Susanne Kopf,Marlene Miglbauer,Valeria Reggi,Ljiljana Šarić,Charlotta Seiler Brylla,Maria Stopfner

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Voices of Supporters

Populist parties, social media and the 2019 European elections

By: Veronika Koller,Natalia Borza,Massimiliano Demata,Laura Filardo-Llamas,Anna W. Gustafsson,Susanne Kopf,Marlene Miglbauer,Valeria Reggi,Ljiljana Šarić,Charlotta Seiler Brylla,Maria Stopfner

This book addresses an under-researched area within populism studies: the discourse of supporters of populist parties. Taking the 2019 European elections as their case study, the authors analyse how supporters in eleven different countries construct identities and voting motivations on social media. The individual chapters comprise a range of methods to investigate data from different social media platforms, defining populism as a political strategy and/or practice, realised in discourse, that is based on a dichotomy between “the people”, who are unified by their will, and an out-group whose actions are not in the interest of the people, with a leader safeguarding the interests of the people against the out-group. The book identifies what motivates people to vote for populist parties, what role national identities and values play in those motivations, and how the social media postings of populist parties are recontextualised in supporters’ comments to serve as a voting motivation.

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John Benjamins Publishing Company

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9027249741

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9789027249746

Private Politics and Peasant Mobilization

Mining in Peru

By: Maria-Therese Gustafsson

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Private Politics and Peasant Mobilization

Mining in Peru

By: Maria-Therese Gustafsson

This book explores how different corporate governance strategies affect community mobilization and the scope for influence when an area’s population is faced with the arrival of the extraction industry. Drawing on ethnographic research into Peruvian mining localities, the author analyses a series of relationships which are characterized by confrontations, clientelism, demobilization and strategic collaboration. By presenting a detailed account of micro practices and showing how these processes are interpreted by different groups, Gustafsson offers a refined understanding of the multiple layers and informal workings of power between transnational corporations and local communities.

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Springer

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3319607561

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9783319607566

Final report: Nordic Platform for Mobilising Climate Finance

By: Schuurmans, Ingmar,Stjernquist Desatnik, Marie,Gustafsson, Marie,Halonen, Mikko,Sjöblom, Henrik

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Final report: Nordic Platform for Mobilising Climate Finance

By: Schuurmans, Ingmar,Stjernquist Desatnik, Marie,Gustafsson, Marie,Halonen, Mikko,Sjöblom, Henrik

Available online: https://pub.norden.org/nord2021-043/ South Pole, together with Gaia, organised the Nordic Platform for Mobilising Climate Finance during 2020/2021. The aim of the platform was to distil recommendations to the Nordic governments on how they can facilitate and catalyse low-carbon investments, in order to meet the Nordics’ climate neutrality goals. The platform brought together over 30 Nordic companies, investors and civil society organisations for two tailored webinar series; to discuss the most prevalent climate-related private sector topics, and what measures are needed from the Nordic governments. This was followed by a workshop to allow for further stakeholder discussion, and to formulate final recommendations to the Nordic governments.

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