Introduction to Nordic Cultures

Introduction to Nordic Cultures is an innovative, interdisciplinaryintroduction to Nordic history, cultures and societies from medieval times totoday. The textbook spans the whole Nordic region, covering historical periodsfrom the Viking Age to modern society, and engages with a range of subjects:from runic inscriptions on iron rings and stone monuments, viaeighteenth-century scientists, Ibsen's dramas and turn-of-the-century travel,to twentieth-century health films and the welfare state, nature ideology,Greenlandic literature, Nordic Noir, migration, 'new' Scandinavians, andstereotypes of the Nordic. The chapters provide fundamental knowledge andinsights into the history and structures of Nordic societies, whileconstructing critical analyses around specific case studies that help build aninformed picture of how societies grow and of the interplay between history,politics, culture, geography and people. Introductionto Nordic Cultures is a tool for understanding issues related to theNordic region as a whole, offering the reader engaging and stimulating ways ofdiscovering a variety of cultural expressions, historical developments and localpreoccupations. The textbook is a valuable resource for undergraduate students of Scandinavian and Nordic studies, as well asstudents of European history, culture, literature and linguistics.