"Regional Conflicts: From the Merchant's House to the People's Home"
Författare
Redaktör
- Erik Hedling
- Olof Hedling
- Mats Jönsson
Summary, in English
This article is an analysis of the Swedish feature film "Brita i grosshandlarhuset" from 1946 about a poor girl that moves to the city finding employment as a maid in the house of a rich merchant. Here I examine the compromises - in terms of constructions of class and gender - that paved the way for a new narrative, with the progression of imagery from, so to speak, the symbol of the merchant house to the metaphor of the "Folkhem". In special focus stands the relation between city and country side.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2010
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
191-211
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Regional Aesthetics : Locating Swedish Media
Volym
Mediehistoriskt arkiv 15
Dokumenttyp
Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Förlag
Kungliga biblioteket
Ämne
- History
Nyckelord
- historical film analysis
- maid servants
- class
- gender
- Folkhem
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1654-6601
- ISBN: 978-91-88468-14-7