1st Edition
Geopolitics, Northern Europe, and Nordic Noir What Television Series Tell Us About World Politics
Preface
1. Co-Constituting the World: Popular Culture and Geopolitics
2. Why Norden? Why Now? A Geopolitical Foregrounding
3. Northern Places, Dark Spaces: Norden as a Realm of Imagination
4. It’s the Little Things: Bodies, Communities, Encounters
5. In/Out/In-Between: (B)orders, Liminality, and Us/Them
6. Ideology vs. Idylls: Neoliberalism, Nationalism, and Nature
7. Beyond Norden: The Global Geopolitics of a Genre
Appendix 1. Television and TV Film Series
Biography
Robert A. Saunders is a Professor in the Department of History, Politics, and Geography at Farmingdale State College – State University of New York, USA, where he teaches courses in world politics and European culture. His research explores various intersections of popular culture, geopolitics, nationalism, and religious identity.
"Saunder's range of secondary materials is extensive, and the book's notes and references reflect an informed, sustained research process across multiple disciplines"
- Rosemary Erickson Johnsen, Scandinavian Studies
