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Viking and Old Norse Memoryscapes in Comics
Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Society, Culture and Identity (SKI).ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7680-9402
2024 (English)In: Viking Heritage and History in Europe: Practices and Re-Creations / [ed] Ellis Nilsson, Sara; Nyzell, Stefan, Routledge, 2024, p. 126-141Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

The Vikings have found a place in nearly every medium invented since their passing. The comics medium is no different; it has served as a vast and protean global archive of stories rooted in and transforming received Old Norse tradition and representation for nearly a century. The extent and significance of this archive and the comics medium’s contribution to remain still largely unstudied. When discussed, comics are often either measured against supposedly more “authentic” forms of Viking or Norse representation or disparaged. This chapter attempts to bring the two fields closer together, and in so doing challenge the views that the emergence of Old Norse memory-construction in comics is, on the one hand, a sign that this memory is losing its relevance and meaning and, on the other, that we can understand what is being done in these comics without looking to the longer history of memory and reception. It does so by surveying global Old Norse-themed comics and identifying some general trends, similarities, and differences. Particular attention is given to two aspects: first, to the emphatic whiteness of many characters; and, second, on the growth in recent decades of feminist or recuperative uses of the Norse past in relation to gender representation. 

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Routledge, 2024. p. 126-141
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Critical Heritages of Europe
Keywords [en]
comics, Vikings, Old Norse, cultural memory, reception history, comic books
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History General Literature Studies History of Religions
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-66632DOI: 10.4324/9781003111115-11Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85195360057ISBN: 9780367628628 (print)ISBN: 9781003111115 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-66632DiVA, id: diva2:1849396
Available from: 2024-04-07 Created: 2024-04-07 Last updated: 2024-08-20Bibliographically approved

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