[ecrea] Journal of Scandinavian Cinemas issue 2.1 now available

Now available from Intellect – /Journal of Scandinavian Cinema/, issue 2.1


   Exploring and illuminating both culture-wide cinema and the
   filmmaking of its constituent nations, this new issue of the
   /Journal of Scandinavian Cinema/ (JSCA) presents research and debate
   on a compelling array of topics. Pairing incisive ‘short subjects’
   alongside more in depth ‘feature articles’, JSCA lends a whole new
   dimension to the understanding of film in this distinctive region.

   This issue opens with a portrait of the enigmatic Danish actress
   Asta Nielson, examining the difficulties she faced as a result of
   her success both at home and in Germany, and drawing parallels to
   the political and economic situation of the late 1910s and early
   1920s. Meanwhile, in ‘Asta’s Ink: The Stockholm Letters’, we explore
   the intriguing ways and ends to which Nielson used open letters to
   the Swedish press, and what this displays about her outlook on the
   changing cinematic culture of the period. Isak Thorsen also reveals
   a great deal about contemporary opinion of the film industry through
   his reading of a 1916 memo from the then General Manager of Nordisk
   Film, Ole Olsen.

   Taking a more stylistic approach, Jørgen Bruhn and Anne Gjelsvik
   examine the role of photography in the work of Swedish auteur, Jan
   Troell, posing valuable questions about the ways in which cinema and
   photography interlink. Torben Grodal also explores the static and
   ‘frozen’ aspects of film in his analysis of the work of
   controversial director Lars Von Trier, using cognitive psychology to
   distinguish the ways in which Trier’s prologues evoke anxiety and
   panic in the viewer. Meanwhile, in a look at the representation of
   wider social themes in Scandinavian cinema, Sofia Sjö dissects the
   diverse ways in which religion has been addressed in five prominent
   films over the last decade, whilst Sanna Kivimäki examines how
   gender and poverty are articulated in the films of Finnish director
   Aki Kaurismäki’s /Workers’ Trilogy/.

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   *Primary Editor
   *Anders Marklund
   Lund University
   (_anders.marklund /at/ litt.lu).se_

   *Editors
   *Gunnar Iversen, NTNU Trondheim
   Andrew Nestingen, University of Washington
   Casper Tybjerg, University of Copenhagen
   Patrick Vonderau, Stockholm University & Ruhr University Bochum

   *Managing Editor
   *Rochelle Wright, Illinois, Urbana-Champaign & Stockholm University
   (_wrightr /at/ illinois.edu)
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   *Call for Papers
   */Journal of Scandinavian Cinema/ welcomes submissions which explore
   all aspects of film culture in Scandinavia (including Finland and
   Iceland). Submissions to the special issue on *Scandinavian cinema
   and Christmas* should be sent by 15 September 2012 to special issue
   editors Tarja Laine (_T.Laine@uva.nl_) and/or Mark Connelly
   ((_M.L.Connelly /at/ kent.ac).uk_). For further information, please visit
   the journal’s webpage:
   _http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=192/
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