Swede among the rednecks
Subtitle: the language that just won't stay buried
By: essays written for Nordstjernan by Ulf Kirchdorfer
Edition: First English edition.
Publisher: Nordstjernan Förlag
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780996846011
Subjects: Anecdotes; Swedish Americans; Social life and customs; Swedes; Newspapers; Sections, columns
Other titles: Nordstjernan (New York, N.Y. : 1991).
Description: A book for Swedes, Americans and Swedish Americans in America with a foot on each side of the Atlantic. A collection of essays for Nordstjernan, written with wit and a keen mind and in the clear-eyed and uncompromising style that's become Kirchdorfer's signature characteristic. Kirchdorfer was born in Sweden and raised both in Europe and the U.S. Now a Swedish American, Kirchdorfer teaches at Darton State College in Albany, Georgia.
Table of contents: title: Swede among the rednecks; title: Table culture; title: Fathers and sons; title: Chucky vs. the Dala Horse; title: Arriving or not; title: Televinken forever; title: The spirit of the games; title: The "sinful" Ingmar Bergman; title: "Keep cool but care"; title: Glögg and Julsinka. Okay, but Stjärngosse?; title: Musings on, of and by a "Certified Swede"; title: "My lawn is my castle"; title: Oh, the story I found!; title: My Swedish crime drama; title: NOT certifiably Swedish; title: Broadening horizons; title: On eggshells; title: A Swede appreciates the Fourth of July; title: - Where Swedes fear to tread; title: Commendable Sweden!; title: Pippi Longstocking censored, Swedes next; title: My Waterloo with ABBA; title: Finding the middle way; title: Looking for a Church; title: Distressed furniture; title: Lund: of pocket knives and flashlights; title: Showers in freedom; title: Print of peace; title: Stubborn and så "jävla envisa"; title: Of mom and monkeys; title: IKEA and the great chocolate heist; title: Welcome to Sweden; title: The dangerous kitchen; title: From my mobile office; title: Good vs. evil was once clear. Or was it?; title: Summer dream; title: The  language that just won't stay buried; title: Why I love torturing my students with William Faulkner; title: My beef with 50+ commercials; title: A brief history of the American family vacation; title: The great American lawn mowing; title: Summer school in the garden.