"Nordic Exposures" explores how Scandinavian whiteness and
ethnicity functioned in classical Hollywood cinema between and
during the two world wars. Scandinavian identities could seem
mutable and constructed at moments, while at other times they were
deployed as representatives of an essential, biological, and
natural category. As Northern European Protestants, Scandinavian
immigrants and migr s assimilated into the mainstream rights and
benefits of white American identity with comparatively few barriers
or obstacles. Yet Arne Lunde demonstrates that far from simply
manifesting a normative unmarked whiteness, Scandinavianness in
immigrant America and in Hollywood cinema of the twentieth century
could be hyperwhite, provisionally off-white, or not even white at
all.
Lunde investigates key silent films, such as Technicolor's "The
Viking" (1928), Victor Sj str m's "He Who Gets Slapped" (1924), and
Mauritz Stiller's "Hotel Imperial" (1927). The crises of
Scandinavian foreign voice and the talkie revolution are explored
in Greta Garbo's first sound film, "Anna Christie" (1930). The
author also examines Warner Oland's long career of Asian racial
masquerade (most famously as Chinese detective Charlie Chan), as
well as Hollywood's and Third Reich Cinema's war over assimilating
the Nordic female star in the personae of Garbo, Sonja Henie,
Ingrid Bergman, Kristina S derbaum, and Zarah Leander.
Arne Lunde is assistant professor of Scandinavian studies at
UCLA.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Washington Press
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
New Directions in Scandinavian Studies |
| Release date: |
October 2010 |
| First published: |
October 2010 |
| Authors: |
Arne Lunde
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade / Trade
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| Pages: |
224 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-295-99045-3 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Performing arts >
Films, cinema >
Film theory & criticism
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-295-99045-7 |
| Barcode: |
9780295990453 |
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