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In:Nordic Utopias and Dystopias: From Aniara to Allatta!
Edited by Pia Maria Ahlbäck, Jouni Teittinen and Maria Lassén-Seger
[FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures 17] 2022
► pp. 73–90

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An ethnographic account of the Nordic utopia in Scotland

 | University of Oslo
Published online: 24 November 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1075/fillm.17.05ber
Article outline
  • The Nordic Noir Book Club: A case study
  • Members’ views
  • The crime genre
  • Utopia: The good and the non-existent
  • A political vision
  • Scotland and the Nordic region: A hand in glove?
  • The darker side of the Nordic region
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
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