{"product_id":"noir-in-the-north-genre-politics-and-place-paperback-1","title":"Noir in the North: Genre, Politics and Place - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStacy Gillis\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGunnthorunn Gudmundsdottir\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is often termed 'Nordic Noir' has dominated detective fiction, film and television internationally for over two decades. But what are the parameters of this genre, both historically and geographically? What is noirish and what is northern about Nordic noir? The foreword and coda in this volume, by two internationally-bestselling writers of crime fiction in the north, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir and Gunnar Staalesen, speak to the social contract undertaken by writers of noir, while the interview with the renowned crime writer Val McDermid adds nuance to our understanding of what it is to write noir in the North.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDivided into four sections - Gender and Sexuality, Space and Place, Politics and Crime, and Genre and Genealogy - \u003ci\u003eNoir in the North\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the traditional critical histories of noir by investigating how it functions transnationally beyond the geographical borders of Scandinavia. The essays in this book deepen our critical understanding of noir more generally by demonstrating, for example, Nordic noir's connection to fin-de-siècle literatures and to mid-century interior design, and by investigating the function of the state in crime fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStacy Gillis\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature at Newcastle University, UK. She is the editor of four books, including \u003ci\u003eFeminism, Domesticity and Popular Culture \u003c\/i\u003e(co-edited with Joanne Hollows, 2009). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGunnthorunn Gudmundsdottir \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Iceland. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eRepresentations of Forgetting in Life Writing and Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e (2016).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 278\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52703662899507,"sku":"9781501369285","price":84.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UTdNN0wwWGtLYXd2SDlZSHVJa24zZz09_2dc52fad-663b-421a-9c60-fb0c38d958f4.webp?v=1763334155","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/noir-in-the-north-genre-politics-and-place-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}