{"product_id":"9798216483069","title":"Nordic Noir as Affective Mapping Reimagining the Welfare States","description":"\u003ch1\u003eNordic Noir as Affective Mapping\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eReimagining the Welfare States\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJaakko Seppälä\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNordic Noir as Affective Mapping\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how Nordic crime dramas uniquely mobilize negative affects to connect viewers' emotions with contemporary Scandinavian social issues, reframing the welfare state's erosion as an affective and cultural crisis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile “Nordic” evokes equality, solidarity, and stability, “noir” signals darkness, melancholy, and unease. This paradox becomes the lens through which this study investigates series like \u003ci\u003eThe Killing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e and their numerous successors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough close analysis of style – muted colour palettes, restrained performances, and desolate landscapes – Jaakko Seppälä shows how Nordic noir elicits negative affects such as melancholy, understood as fear and despondence. Crucially, these emotions are not presented as private responses but are anchored in pressing social realities: economic immobility, work intensification, institutional erosion, and globalised insecurity. In this way, the genre functions as a form of “affective mapping,” cueing viewers to connect their emotional experiences to broader social and historical transformations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRather than dismissing the welfare state, Nordic noir critiques its neoliberal restructuring while reaffirming the enduring relevance of social democracy's founding values. The genre's melancholic tone becomes a cultural means of registering systemic problems and prompting viewers to reimagine better collective futures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJaakko Seppälä \u003c\/b\u003eis Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland. His research focuses on Nordic cinema and television, with a particular interest in transnational perspectives on style, meaning and affect. He is co-author of \u003ci\u003eReFocus: The Films of Teuvo Tulio – An Excessive Outsider\u003c\/i\u003e (2020) and is currently completing a monograph on Nordic noir and affect (forthcoming, Bloomsbury).\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 April 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216483069\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944995029132,"sku":"9798216483069","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9798216483069","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}