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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 61 avhandlingar innehållade orden popular fiction.

  1. 1. Raketsommar : Science fiction i Sverige 1950–1968

    Författare :Jerry Määttä; Johan Svedjedal; Anna Williams; Dag Hedman; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Literature; sociology of literature; popular literature; publishing history; reception studies; cultural studies; fandom; fan cultures; fanzines; science fiction; Aniara; Harry Martinson; Ray Bradbury; Sture Lönnerstrand; Roland Adlerberth; Elisabeth Tykesson; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The subject of this dissertation is the introduction and reception of science fiction literature in Sweden 1950–1968. Apart from considerations on science fiction as a genre and market category, and a brief survey of science fiction published in Sweden before the year 1950, the dissertation scrutinizes the Swedish publishers’ attempts at introducing both domestic and translated science fiction, the reception of the genre in Swedish literary criticism, the magazines Häpna! (1954–1966) and Galaxy (1958–1960), and the foundation of a Swedish science fiction fan culture. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Woke Franchise : Representing and Co-opting Resistance in Young Adult, Superhero, and Speculative Fiction

    Författare :Amélie Hurkens; David Watson; Ashleigh Harris; Paul Crosthwaite; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; identity politics; the publishing industry; popular literary culture; woke capitalism; neoliberalism; racial capitalism; the franchise; blockbusters; awards; YA fiction; superhero fiction; comic books; speculative fiction; science fiction and fantasy; English; Engelska;

    Sammanfattning : In the last decade, U.S. popular literary culture has been under increasing pressure to include more racially and other marginalized groups. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Morgondagens experter : Tekniken, ungdomen och framsteget i populärvetenskap och science fiction i Sverige under det långa 1950-talet

    Författare :Michael Godhe; Martin Kylhammar; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Popular science; science fiction; youth; tomorrow s expens; the idea of progress; the atomic bomb; the cold war; people s home; science fiction; ambivalence; Sweden; Populärvetenskap; science fiction; ungdomar; litteratur och teknik; teknikutveckling; framstegstanken; Sverige; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : This study analyzes different views of science, technology and progress in popular science and science fiction published in Sweden during the 'long 1950s' (ca 1946-1964) and how they were related to youth. In the first part, popular technical periodicals are discussed - Teknikes Värld (Technical World) and Teknik för Alla (Technolvgy for Everyone). LÄS MER

  5. 4. Mordens marknad : Litteratursociologiska studier i det tidiga 2000-talets svenska kriminallitteratur

    Författare :Karl Berglund; Johan Svedjedal; Ann Steiner; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Swedish crime fiction; sociology of literature; publishing studies; book trade; book history; popular fiction; 2000s; 21st century.; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with Swedish crime fiction and its successes on the Swedish book market in the early 2000s. The genre’s expansion, marketing and literary content is mapped and analysed in three studies that together paint a thorough picture of this literary phenomena in Swedish book trade. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Fieldwork and Fiction : Ethnography and Literature in the French Caribbean

    Författare :Christina Kullberg; Högskolan Dalarna; []
    Nyckelord :Karibiska studier; Litteraturvetenskap; postkoloniala studier; etnografi och litteratur; franskspråkig litteratur;

    Sammanfattning : The birth of French Caribbean literature is in many ways tied to a nontheorized and circumstantial use of ethnography. Ethnography is mainly referred to as a discourse of knowledge having to do with defining and questioning the notion of culture which, in this case, was important to Martinican authors trying to articulate identity. LÄS MER