Swedish cops : from Sjöwall and Wahlöö to Stieg Larsson / by Michael Tapper.
"Michael Tapper considers Swedish culture and ideas from the period 1965 to 2012 as expressed in detective fiction and film in the tradition of Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. Believing the Swedish police narrative tradition to be part and parcel of the European history of ideas and culture, Tapper...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Intellect,
2014.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "Michael Tapper considers Swedish culture and ideas from the period 1965 to 2012 as expressed in detective fiction and film in the tradition of Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. Believing the Swedish police narrative tradition to be part and parcel of the European history of ideas and culture, Tapper argues that, from being feared and despised, the police emerged as heroes and part of the modern social project of the welfare state after World War II."--Publishers website. |
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| Item Description: | Edited, revised and updated English edition of the author's thesis 'Snuten i skymningslandet': Lund, Nordic Academic Press, 2011. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 377 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-336) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 1783202793 9781783202799 1306937523 9781306937528 9781783202805 1783202807 1783201886 9781783201884 |