Geopolitical Television Drama Within and Beyond the Nordic Region by Chow Pei-Sze, Waade Anne Marit, Saunders Robert A.

“…This article presents a framework for thinking about the intersections between geopolitics and Northern European television drama by examining the contemporary Nordic Noir genre of crime drama. Nordic Noir features not only the double plot that combines sociopolitical critique with crime drama, but also a third “gaze” that engages aesthetics and territorial features that further individual series’ geopolitical critique. …”
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The Geopolitics of Nordic Noir by Dodds Klaus, Hochscherf Tobias

“…The “golden age” of Scandinavian television has often been associated with Nordic Noir crime dramas, yet many of the acclaimed serials also engage with geopolitical themes such as migration, cross-border crime, military conflicts, and global terrorism. …”
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