Swedish name: Culture and Media in Sweden
This syllabus is valid: 2015-08-31 and until further notice
Syllabus for courses starting after 2015-08-31
Course code: 1KA021
Credit points: 7.5
Education level: First cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level:
Cultural Analysis: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Drama-Theatre-Film: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Ethnology: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Art History: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Comparative Literature: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Media and Communication Studies: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Museology: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Culture and Media Studies
Revised by: Head of Department of Culture and Media Studies, 2015-06-15
The course gives an overview of Swedish culture and media with a focus on modernity and issues concerning the Swedish welfare system. How have cultural and medial expressions such as art, literature, drama, film, music, media and communication developed in this context? What can be learned about Sweden through a look at its culture and media?
After completing the course the students should have basic knowledge of:
The teaching consists of lectures, seminars and local excursions. All teaching is held in English. Seminars and local excursions are compulsory. If a student fails to attend a compulsory session a written complementary examination is given by the teacher. All activities will be in the evenings and spread all along the course.
As an enrolled student with a disability you can apply for support in connection with your studies. For more information contact the Student Services:
http://www.student.umu.se/english/during-your-studies/support-for-disabled-students/?languageId=1
The course is examined through participation on seminars and excursions, which is graded U (Fail) or G (Pass) and one individually written examination. The written exam is held at the end of the course and will cover both descriptive and analytic elements. On the written examination one of the grades U (Fail), G (Pass), or VG (Pass with distinction) is given. In order to pass the course all exams and compulsory sessions must be passed and one of the grades U (Fail), G (Pass), or VG (Pass with distinction) is given.
Students who fail the scheduled final examination have the right to retake the examination soon afterwards, but the first exam might also be rewritten with a restriction to recieve the highest grade (VG). Examination on the same syllabus as the ordinary examination is guaranteed until two years after the first registration to the course.
Students who have passed an examination cannot redo the examination to receive a higher grade. A student who has failed an examination twice can apply to the The Faculty of Arts Board to get another teacher to consider the exam.
Credit transfer is always examined individually
A history of Swedish broadcasting : communicative ethos, genres and institutional change
Djerf-Pierre Monika, Ekström Mats
Göteborg : NORDICOM : [2013] : 379 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-86523-73-2
Mandatory
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Reading instructions: Reading: chapters 1, 4 & 16
Art goes underground : art in the Stockholm metro
Thompson Laurie, Söderström Göran
[Ny, rev. utg.] : Stockholm : Stockholmia : 2004 : 328 s. :
ISBN: 91-7031-108-0 (inb.)
Mandatory
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Reading instructions: Reading: pp. 7-20, 33-162
Crang Mike
Nation, region and homeland: history and tradition in Dalarna, Sweden.
Included in:
Cultural geographies
London : Arnold : 2002- : 6 : pages 447-470 :
http://cgj.sagepub.com/content/6/4/447.full.pdf+html
Mandatory
Force of habit : exploring everyday culture
Frykman Jonas, Löfgren Orvar, Bringéus Nils-Arvid, Crozier Alan, Weston David
Lund : Lund Univ. Press : 1996 : 172 s. :
ISBN: 0-86238-426-5 (Chartwell-Bratt)
Mandatory
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Forshaw Barry.
Death in a cold climate : a guide to Scandinavian crime fiction
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan : 2012. : ix, 207 p. :
ISBN: 978-0-230-30369-0 (hbk)
Mandatory
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Isenhour Cindy
Building sustainable societies: A Swedish case study on the limits of reflexive modernization
Included in:
American ethnologist
Washington : The Soc. : 1974- : 37 : pages 511-525 :
Mandatory
Soila Tytti
Sweden
Included in:
Nordic national cinemas
London : Routledge : 1998 : 262 s. : pages 142-232 :
Mandatory
Swedish film : an introduction and reader
Larsson Mariah, Marklund Anders
[Ny utg.] : Lund : Nordic Academic Press : 2013 : 367 s. :
ISBN: 9789187351419
Mandatory
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This is Sweden
Lagerberg Rikard, Randecker Emma
2. uppl. : Svenska institutet : 2015 : 48 s. :
ISBN: 9789186995010
Mandatory
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Music, media, multiculture : changing musicscapes
Lundberg Dan, Malm Krister, Ronström Owe
Stockholm : Svenskt visarkiv : 2003 : 455 s. :
http://www.visarkiv.se/mmm
ISBN: 91-85374-37-7
Mandatory
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Reading instructions: URL: http://carkiv.musikverk.se/www/epublikationer/Lundberg_Malm_Ronstrom_Music_Media_ Multiculture.pdf
Like virginity, once lost : five views on Nordic art now : Sara Arrhenius, Lars Bang Larsen, Daniel Birnbaum, Ina Blom, Timo Valjakka
Birnbaum Daniel, Arrhenius Sara, Nilsson John Peter
Lund : Propexus : cop. 1999 : [4] s., s. 9-129 :
ISBN: 91-87952-17-3 ; 150:00
Mandatory
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One Swedish Crime Fiction novel, choice must be approved by teacher.
Celebrating the Swedish way : traditions and festivities
Tidholm Po, Lilja Agneta, Croall Stephen
[New ed.] : Stockholm : Swedish Institute (SI) : 2013 : 48 s. :
ISBN: 9789186995263
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Löfgren Orvar
The disappearance and return of the national : the Swedish experience 1950-2000
Included in:
Folklore, heritage politics and ethnic diversity
Botkyrka : Multicultural Centre (Mångkulturellt centrum) : 2000 : 278, [12] s. :
O'Dell Tom
Junctures of Swedishness : reconsidering representations of the national
Included in:
Ethnologia Scandinavica
Lund : Folklivsarkivet : 1971- :
Brembeck Helene
n. ICozy Friday: An Analysis of Family Togetherness and Ritual Overconsumption Togetherness and Ritual Overconsumption: Czarniawska, Barbara & Löfgren, Orvar (eds.) Managing Overflow in Affluent Societies. New York: Routledge. Pp. 125-140
Managing Overflow in Affluent Societies : 2012 :
Helmersson Linnéa
In the middle of modernisation the dance heritage and the enthusiasts. In: Stepputat, Kendra. Dance, Senses, Urban Contexts. Graz, Pp. 150-156.
Can be downloaded as pdf from Cambro.
Institute of Ethnomusicology, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. : 2017 :
Ljungström Åsa
Coffee and Class for the Swedes as seen in the Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson
Linköping University : 2013 :
Coffee as materiality. In: Dahlin, Johanna & Andersson, Tove (eds.) On the Move: ACSIS conference 11-13 June Norrköping; Sweden 2013. Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press. pp. 69-79
Ninlsson Mats
The Swedish Polska
Musikverket : 2017 :
Stockholm: Svenskt visarkiv/Musikverket 2017. pp. 11-29
Swahn Jan-Öjvind
Swedish traditions
Bromma: Ordalaget Pp. 6-18, 39-43, 156-159. : 2012 :
A history of Scandinavian literatures. : Vol. 3 A history of Swedish literature
Rossel Sven Hakon, Warme Lars G.
Lincoln, Neb. : Univ. of Nebraska Press in cooperation with the American-Scandinavian Foundation : Cop. 1996 : xvi, 584 s. :
ISBN: 0-8032-4750-8
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Forsås-Scott Helena
Swedish women's writing 1850-1995
London : Athlone : 1997 : 333 s., [8] pl.-s. :
ISBN: 0-485-92003-4 (hft)
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Gustafsson Tommy
Masculinity in the golden age of Swedish cinema : a cultural analysis of 1920s films
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers : 2015 : v, 254 pages :
ISBN: 9780786494781 (softcover : alk. paper)
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Johansson Ola
Beyond ABBA : The Globalization of Swedish Popular Music
Included in:
The American Geographical Society's focus on geography
American Geographical Society : 53 : pages 134-141 :
Link
Peacock Steven
Swedish crime fiction : novel, film, television
Manchester : Manchester University Press : 2014 : vi, 218 p. :
ISBN: 9780719086953
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Carlsson Ulla
Public service media from a Nordic horizon : politics, markets, programming and users : [a research anthology from NORDICOM]
Göteborg : NORDICOM : 2013 : 177 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-86523-60-2 (korr.)
Search the University Library catalogue
Scandinavian crime fiction
Nestingen Andrew, Arvas Paula
Cardiff : University of Wales Press : 2011 : 194 s. :
ISBN: 978-0-7083-2330-4
Search the University Library catalogue
A history of Swedish broadcasting : communicative ethos, genres and institutional change
Djerf-Pierre Monika, Ekström Mats
Göteborg : NORDICOM : [2013] : 379 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-86523-73-2
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue
Art goes underground : art in the Stockholm metro
Thompson Laurie, Söderström Göran
[Ny, rev. utg.] : Stockholm : Stockholmia : 2004 : 328 s. :
ISBN: 91-7031-108-0 (inb.)
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue
Crang Mike
Nation, region and homeland: history and tradition in Dalarna, Sweden.
Included in:
Cultural geographies
London : Arnold : 2002- : 6 : pages 447-470 :
http://cgj.sagepub.com/content/6/4/447.full.pdf+html
Mandatory
Force of habit : exploring everyday culture
Frykman Jonas, Löfgren Orvar, Bringéus Nils-Arvid, Crozier Alan, Weston David
Lund : Lund Univ. Press : 1996 : 172 s. :
ISBN: 0-86238-426-5 (Chartwell-Bratt)
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue
Forshaw Barry.
Death in a cold climate : a guide to Scandinavian crime fiction
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan : 2012. : ix, 207 p. :
ISBN: 978-0-230-30369-0 (hbk)
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue
Isenhour Cindy
Building sustainable societies: A Swedish case study on the limits of reflexive modernization
Included in:
American ethnologist
Washington : The Soc. : 1974- : 37 : pages 511-525 :
Mandatory
Soila Tytti
Sweden
Included in:
Nordic national cinemas
London : Routledge : 1998 : 262 s. : pages 142-232 :
Mandatory
Swedish film : an introduction and reader
Larsson Mariah, Marklund Anders
[Ny utg.] : Lund : Nordic Academic Press : 2013 : 367 s. :
ISBN: 9789187351419
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue
One Swedish Crime Fiction novel, choice must be approved by teacher.
A history of Scandinavian literatures. : Vol. 3 A history of Swedish literature
Rossel Sven Hakon, Warme Lars G.
Lincoln, Neb. : Univ. of Nebraska Press in cooperation with the American-Scandinavian Foundation : Cop. 1996 : xvi, 584 s. :
ISBN: 0-8032-4750-8
Search the University Library catalogue
Forsås-Scott Helena
Swedish women's writing 1850-1995
London : Athlone : 1997 : 333 s., [8] pl.-s. :
ISBN: 0-485-92003-4 (hft)
Search the University Library catalogue
Gustafsson Tommy
Masculinity in the golden age of Swedish cinema : a cultural analysis of 1920s films
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers : 2015 : v, 254 pages :
ISBN: 9780786494781 (softcover : alk. paper)
Search the University Library catalogue
Johansson Ola
Beyond ABBA : The Globalization of Swedish Popular Music
Included in:
The American Geographical Society's focus on geography
American Geographical Society : 53 : pages 134-141 :
Link
This is Sweden
Lagerberg Rikard, Randecker Emma
2. uppl. : Svenska institutet : 2015 : 48 s. :
ISBN: 9789186995010
Search the University Library catalogue
Like virginity, once lost : five views on Nordic art now : Sara Arrhenius, Lars Bang Larsen, Daniel Birnbaum, Ina Blom, Timo Valjakka
Birnbaum Daniel, Arrhenius Sara, Nilsson John Peter
Lund : Propexus : cop. 1999 : [4] s., s. 9-129 :
ISBN: 91-87952-17-3 ; 150:00
Search the University Library catalogue
Music, media, multiculture : changing musicscapes
Lundberg Dan, Malm Krister, Ronström Owe
Stockholm : Svenskt visarkiv : 2003 : 455 s. :
http://www.visarkiv.se/mmm
ISBN: 91-85374-37-7
Search the University Library catalogue
Peacock Steven
Swedish crime fiction : novel, film, television
Manchester : Manchester University Press : 2014 : vi, 218 p. :
ISBN: 9780719086953
Search the University Library catalogue
Carlsson Ulla
Public service media from a Nordic horizon : politics, markets, programming and users : [a research anthology from NORDICOM]
Göteborg : NORDICOM : 2013 : 177 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-86523-60-2 (korr.)
Search the University Library catalogue
Scandinavian crime fiction
Nestingen Andrew, Arvas Paula
Cardiff : University of Wales Press : 2011 : 194 s. :
ISBN: 978-0-7083-2330-4
Search the University Library catalogue
Celebrating the Swedish way : traditions and festivities
Tidholm Po, Lilja Agneta, Croall Stephen
[New ed.] : Stockholm : Swedish Institute (SI) : 2013 : 48 s. :
ISBN: 9789186995263
Search the University Library catalogue
Art goes underground : art in the Stockholm metro
Thompson Laurie, Söderström Göran
[Ny, rev. utg.] : Stockholm : Stockholmia : 2004 : 328 s. :
ISBN: 91-7031-108-0 (inb.)
Mandatory
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A history of the press in Sweden
Gustafsson Karl Erik, Rydén Per
Göteborg : NORDICOM : 2010 : 369 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-86523-08-4
Mandatory
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Johansson Ola
Beyond ABBA : The Globalization of Swedish Popular Music
Included in:
The American Geographical Society's focus on geography
American Geographical Society : 53 : pages 134-141 :
Link
Mandatory
Soila Tytti
Sweden
Included in:
Nordic national cinemas
London : Routledge : 1998 : 262 s. : pages 142-232 :
Mandatory
Forshaw Barry.
Death in a cold climate : a guide to Scandinavian crime fiction
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan : 2012. : ix, 207 p. :
ISBN: 978-0-230-30369-0 (hbk)
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue
Carlsson Ulla
Public service media from a Nordic horizon : politics, markets, programming and users : [a research anthology from NORDICOM]
Göteborg : NORDICOM : 2013 : 177 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-86523-60-2 (korr.)
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue
One Swedish Crime Fiction novel, choice must be approved by teacher.
A history of Scandinavian literatures. : Vol. 3 A history of Swedish literature
Rossel Sven Hakon, Warme Lars G.
Lincoln, Neb. : Univ. of Nebraska Press in cooperation with the American-Scandinavian Foundation : Cop. 1996 : xvi, 584 s. :
ISBN: 0-8032-4750-8
Search the University Library catalogue
Forsås-Scott Helena
Swedish women's writing 1850-1995
London : Athlone : 1997 : 333 s., [8] pl.-s. :
ISBN: 0-485-92003-4 (hft)
Search the University Library catalogue
Like virginity, once lost : five views on Nordic art now : Sara Arrhenius, Lars Bang Larsen, Daniel Birnbaum, Ina Blom, Timo Valjakka
Birnbaum Daniel, Arrhenius Sara, Nilsson John Peter
Lund : Propexus : cop. 1999 : [4] s., s. 9-129 :
ISBN: 91-87952-17-3 ; 150:00
Search the University Library catalogue
Music, media, multiculture : changing musicscapes
Lundberg Dan, Malm Krister, Ronström Owe
Stockholm : Svenskt visarkiv : 2003 : 455 s. :
http://www.visarkiv.se/mmm
ISBN: 91-85374-37-7
Search the University Library catalogue
Scandinavian crime fiction
Nestingen Andrew, Arvas Paula
Cardiff : University of Wales Press : 2011 : 194 s. :
ISBN: 978-0-7083-2330-4
Search the University Library catalogue
Wallenberg Louise
Straight Heroes with Queer Inclinations : Male film Stars in the Swedish 1930s
Included in:
Hetero
Albany, NY : SUNY Press : 2009 : 270 s. : pages 7188 :