Culture, Health, and Religion at the Millennium [electronic resource] : Sweden Unparadised /
Demker, M.editor.
Leffler, Y.editor.
Sigurdson, O.editor.
The book presents interpretations of culture, health, politics, and religion in Sweden today, Sweden transforms from the well-functioning but existentially bland economic wonder to a more fragmented and gloomy society. Contributors include scholars from film studies, literary studies, political science, religious studies and theology .
Description based upon print version of record.
Culture, Health, and Religion at the Millennium: Sweden Unparadised; Contents; Introduction: How Gloomy Is Sweden at the Millennium?; The Swedish Model at the Millennium; Politics and Democracy since World War II; Welfare and Protestant Values; Sweden Unparadised?; Chapter 1: Hygiene as Metaphor: On Metaphorization, Racial Hygiene, and the Swedish Ideals of Modernity; Hygiene as Metaphor: The Sontag Question; The Swedish Model: Progress, Consensus, and Centralism; Dirt-Sweden; Crisis in the Population Question; Racial Hygiene as a Political Project; The Inevitability of Metaphor; Notes
Chapter 2: From Shared Resources to Shared Values"Cozy" Little Folkhem?; More Concerned about Value Orientation than about Material Resources?; Shared Values as They Are Interpreted among Swedish Citizens; Not a Cozy Little Folkhem, but Becoming an Individual; Notes; Chapter 3: "It's Not about Religion, but about Manipulation": Polemical Discourse against Sects and Cults in Sweden; New Religious Movements on the Swedish Religious Landscape; The Church of Scientology in Sweden; Religion, Conflict, and Mental Health; Scientology and the Swedish Anticult Movement
The Problem of "Cults" in a Welfare SocietyNotes; Chapter 4: Something Happened, but What?: On Roy Andersson's Cinematic Critique of the Development of the Welfare State; National Innocence Lost; A Swedish Love Story; Life in Limbo; Giliap; The Radical Turn; World of Glory; A Bleak Prophecy; Songs from the Second Floor; Conclusion: A Blast from the Past; Notes; Chapter 5: Sex and Sin in a Multicultural Sweden; Introduction; 1960s: The Beginnings; The 1970s: Multiculturalism and Sexual Radicalism; The 1980s: A Retreat from Radicalism; The 1990s: Feminism and Antiracism
The 2000s: The Return of AssimilationConclusion; Notes; Chapter 6: Chick Lit as Healing and Self-Help Manual?; Chick Lit and Women's Fiction; From Innocent Brat to Responsible Woman; The Curing Crises; Chick Lit Novels as Self-Help Manuals; Women's Liberation and a Room of One's Own; Notes; Bibliography; Notes on Contributors
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The book presents interpretations of culture, health, politics, and religion in Sweden today, Sweden transforms from the well-functioning but existentially bland economic wonder to a more fragmented and gloomy society. Contributors include scholars from film studies, literary studies, political science, religious studies and theology .
Cultural studies.
Religion.
Religion and sociology.
Area studies.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Cultural Studies.
Religious Studies, general.
Social Aspects of Religion.
Religion and Society.
Area Studies.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.