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The Predicament Of Privilege - Inequality And Ambivalence In Contemporary Scandinavian Culture

by Devika Sharma

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 Is privilege a problem? Scandinavians ask, Is this okay?—and wrestle with the answer A twenty-first century paradox has emerged in contemporary Scandinavian societies: the region’s deeply ingrained egalitarian ideals exist uneasily alongside its undeniable global privilege. In The Predicament of Privilege, Devika Sharma examines this tension, exploring how a well-intentioned desire to “do good” collides with an unsettling realization: the very structures that enable ethical consumption, charitable donations, and humanitarian action are themselves embedded in a system of exploitation. Through an incisive analysis of contemporary Scandinavian cultural texts, The Predicament of Privilege introduces the concept of skeptimentality—a pervasive moral ambivalence about virtuous emotions like compassion and generosity. As Sharma demonstrates, this sentiment does not necessarily lead to action but creates a vacuum, leaving privilege-sensitive publics with a crisis of conscience but no clear path forward. Sharma’s book challenges both the self-image of Nordic societies and the broader assumptions of humanitarian ethics. A necessary read for scholars, cultural critics, and anyone engaging with the politics of privilege, this book offers a bold new perspective on the unfinished business of equality.
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The Not-Quite Child - Colonial Histories, Racialization, And Swedish Exceptionalism

by Liina-Ly (Assistant Professor Of Scandinavian Studies, University Of Wisconsin-Madison) Roos

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 Examines Swedish depictions of childhood that expose the country's colonial past and racial hierarchiesFigures like Pippi Longstocking and Greta Thunberg exemplify an ideal mainstream Swedish childhood: they are autonomous, competent, and the voices of moral truths.
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Spirit Whales And Sloth Tales - Fossils Of Washington State

by David B. Williams e Elizabeth A. (University Of Washington) Nesbitt

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 A guide to discovering the fascinating natural history beneath your feetFrom trilobites near the Idaho border and primitive horses on the Columbia Plateau to giant bird tracks near Bellingham and curious bear-like beasts on the Olympic Peninsula, fossils across Washington State are filled with clues of past life on Earth.
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The Predicament Of Privilege - Inequality And Ambivalence In Contemporary Scandinavian Culture

by Devika (Associate Professor, University Of Copenhagen) Sharma

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The Swedish Theory Of Love - Individualism And Social Trust In Modern Sweden

by Henrik Berggren e Lars (Ersta Skondal Bracke University College) Tragardh

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The Predicament Of Privilege - Inequality And Ambivalence In Contemporary Scandinavian Culture

by Devika (Associate Professor, University Of Copenhagen) Sharma

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The Not-Quite Child - Colonial Histories, Racialization, And Swedish Exceptionalism

by Liina-Ly (Assistant Professor Of Scandinavian Studies, University Of Wisconsin-Madison) Roos

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 Examines Swedish depictions of childhood that expose the country's colonial past and racial hierarchiesFigures like Pippi Longstocking and Greta Thunberg exemplify an ideal mainstream Swedish childhood: they are autonomous, competent, and the voices of moral truths.
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Tengautuli Atkuk / The Flying Parka - The Meaning And Making Of Parkas In Southwest Alaska

by Alice Rearden, Ann Fienup-Riordan e Marie Meade

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Heartbreak City - Seattle Sports And The Unmet Promise Of Urban Progress

by Shaun Scott

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 How the city's marginalized communities have historically used sports as a tool for resilience and resistance To cities, sports have never been just entertainment.
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Menacing Environments - Ecohorror In Contemporary Nordic Cinema

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 Analyzes a film genre's confrontation of a regional identityKnown for their progressive environmental policies and nature-loving citizens, Nordic countries also produce what may seem a counterintuitive film genre: ecohorror, where distinctions between humans and nature are blurred in unsettling ways.
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Menacing Environments - Ecohorror In Contemporary Nordic Cinema

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 Analyzes a film genre's confrontation of a regional identityKnown for their progressive environmental policies and nature-loving citizens, Nordic countries also produce what may seem a counterintuitive film genre: ecohorror, where distinctions between humans and nature are blurred in unsettling ways.
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The Swedish Theory Of Love - Individualism And Social Trust In Modern Sweden

by Henrik Berggren e Lars Trägårdh

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 In 2020 Sweden's response to COVID-19 drew renewed attention to the Nordic nation in a way that put the finger on a seeming paradox. Long celebrated for its commitment to social solidarity, Sweden suddenly emerged as the last country in the West to resist lockdown while defending individual rights and responsibilities. To explain these contradictions, Henrik Berggren and Lars Trägårdh argue that the long-standing view of Sweden's welfare state as the result of socialist collectivism is flawed. While social values have been and remain strong, they have co-existed with a radical form of individualism. The English edition of the Swedish bestseller Är svensken människa?, The Swedish Theory of Love examines a political culture that stresses individual autonomy on the one hand and trust in the state on the other. Delving into Swedish philosophy, cultural studies, sociology, literary criticism, and political science, the book moves beyond the perspective of rational social engineering to uncover the moral logic behind Sweden's welfare state: the notion that human relationships based on dependency and subordination lead to inauthenticity and that equality and autonomy are preconditions for genuine love and affection.
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The Swedish Theory Of Love - Individualism And Social Trust In Modern Sweden

by Henrik Berggren e Lars (Ersta Skondal Bracke University College) Tragardh

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Christian Krohg'S Naturalism

by Ã˜Ystein (Associate Professor, Historyof Art, Ifikk And University Of Oslo) Sjastad

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 The definitive English-language account of a singular Nordic artistThe Norwegian painter, novelist, and social critic Christian Krohg (1852â€"1925) is best known for creating highly political paintings of workers, prostitutes, and Skagen fishermen of the 1880s and for serving as a mentor to Edvard Munch.
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Church Resistance To Nazism In Norway, 1940-1945

by Arne (Professor Of Cultural Studies, Department Of Humanities, Arts, And Religion) Hassing

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 Church Resistance to Nazism in Norway, 1940-1945 examines the evolution of the Lutheran state Church of Norway in response to the German occupation. While German Protestant churches generally accepted Nazism and state incorporation, Norwayâ€™s churches rejected both Nazism and ideological alignment.
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Sami Media And Indigenous Agency In The Arctic North

by Coppelie (Researcher, University Of Helsinki) Cocq Gelfgren e Thomas A. (Professor, University Of Wisconsin-Madison) Dubois

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Sámi Media And Indigenous Agency In The Arctic North

by Coppelie Cocq Gelfgren e Thomas A. Dubois

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 Digital media–GIFs, films, TED Talks, tweets, and more–have become integral to daily life and, unsurprisingly, to Indigenous people’s strategies for addressing the historical and ongoing effects of colonization. In Sámi Media and Indigenous Agency in the Arctic North, Thomas DuBois and Coppélie Cocq examine how Sámi people of Norway, Finland, and Sweden use media to advance a social, cultural, and political agenda anchored in notions of cultural continuity and self-determination. Beginning in the 1970s, Sámi have used Sámi-language media—including commercially produced musical recordings, feature and documentary films, books of literature and poetry, and magazines—to communicate a sense of identity both within the Sámi community and within broader Nordic and international arenas. In more contemporary contexts—from YouTube music videos that combine rock and joik (a traditional Sámi musical genre) to Twitter hashtags that publicize protests against mining projects in Sámi lands—Sámi activists, artists, and cultural workers have used the media to undo layers of ignorance surrounding Sámi livelihoods and rights to self-determination. Downloadable songs, music festivals, films, videos, social media posts, images, and tweets are just some of the diverse media through which Sámi activists transform how Nordic majority populations view and understand Sámi minority communities and, more globally, how modern states regard and treat Indigenous populations.
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Slavery And The Post-Black Imagination

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Sami Media And Indigenous Agency In The Arctic North

by Coppelie (Researcher, University Of Helsinki) Cocq Gelfgren e Thomas A. (Professor, University Of Wisconsin-Madison) Dubois

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Christian Krohg'S Naturalism

by Øystein Sjåstad

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 The definitive English-language account of a singular Nordic artistThe Norwegian painter, novelist, and social critic Christian Krohg (1852â€"1925) is best known for creating highly political paintings of workers, prostitutes, and Skagen fishermen of the 1880s and for serving as a mentor to Edvard Munch.
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Urbanization In Early And Medieval China - Gazetteers For The City Of Suzhou

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 The heart of Urbanization in Early and Medieval China consists of translations of three gazetteers written during the Han (206 BCEâ€"220 CE), Tang (618â€"907), and Northern Song (960â€"1126) dynasties describing the city of Suzhou.
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Sacred To The Touch - Nordic And Baltic Religious Wood Carving

by Thomas A. Dubois

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 With near-mythical forests of birch and pine, the Nordic and Baltic countries boast a rich tradition of religious wood carving that is in many ways emblematic of their cultures. Sacred to the Touch examines the spiritual and intellectual projects of six twentieth- and twenty-first-century artists who have adapted and revitalized this tradition. Through interviews and analyses, folklorist Thomas A. DuBois explores the notions of continuity with the past that these artists seek to express through their art, examining the forest church of late Finnish artist Eva Ryynänen, the carvings of Norwegian Americans Phillip Odden and Else Bigton that decorate a planned replica of a stave church in Southern California, the medieval Catholic-rooted work of Lutheran Sister Lydia Mariadotter (Swedish), the grave markers and roadside figures of Algimantas Sakalauskas (Lithuanian), and the merging of Lutheran and pre-Christian traditions by Lars Levi Sunna (Sámi). With color photographs and detailed descriptions, Sacred to the Touch reveals the interplay of tradition with personal and communal identity that characterize modern religious carving in Northern Europe.
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How To Work In Someone Else'S Country

by Ruth Stark

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Nordic Exposures - Scandinavian Identities In Classical Hollywood Cinema

by Arne Lunde

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 Nordic Exposures explores how Scandinavian whiteness and ethnicity functioned in classical Hollywood cinema between and during the two world wars.
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