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Introduction: Crime and Deviance through the Lens of Popular Culture Read chapter Read first chapter

2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

2. Deviant Detectives in the Scandinavian Welfare State: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Bridge

Author : Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen

Published in: Crime, Deviance and Popular Culture

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Stougaard-Nielsen explores how the deviant, female detective in Scandinavian crime fiction is used to engage audiences in considerations of social trust and equality in the contemporary welfare state. Drawing on examples of neurodiverse detectives in Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and the TV serial The Bridge, the chapter focuses on fictional representations of autism and considers the apparent paradox that socially dysfunctional and non-empathetic detectives, such as Lisbeth Salander and Saga Norén, have become globally celebrated as heroines who embody social justice and egalitarianism. Stougaard-Nielsen argues that to understand the appeal of the deviant detective, we need to understand their representation with a more nuanced notion of empathy and in the context of an ethos of statist individualism inherent to the Scandinavian welfare state.

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Metadata
Title
Deviant Detectives in the Scandinavian Welfare State: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Bridge
Author
Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen
Copyright Year
2019
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Book
Crime, Deviance and Popular Culture

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-04911-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-04912-6

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04912-6_2