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Author Lunde, Arne Olav.

Title Nordic exposures [electronic resource] : Scandinavian identities in classical Hollywood cinema / Arne Lunde.

Imprint Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 221 p.
Series New directions in Scandinavian studies
New directions in Scandinavian studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Racializing Vinland: the Nordic conquest of whiteness in technicolor's The viking -- Scandinavian/American whiteface: ethnic whiteness and assimilation in Victor Sjostrom's He who gets slapped -- Hotel Imperial: the border crossings of Mauritz Stiller -- Garbo talks! Scandinavians, the talkie revolution, and the crisis of foreign voice -- Charlie Chan is Swedish: the Asian racial masquerades and Nordic otherness of Warner Oland -- Two-faced women: Hollywood's and Third Reich cinema's war for the Nordic female star.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject National characteristics, Scandinavian, in motion pictures.
Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780295990453 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780295800844 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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