LEADER 03222nam 2200445 a 450 001 9910463894903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-295-80436-X 035 $a(CKB)3240000000065309 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3444538 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3444538 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10733840 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL810550 035 $a(OCoLC)852899005 035 $a(EXLCZ)993240000000065309 100 $a20120516d2012 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 200 10$aIcons of Danish modernity$b[electronic resource] $eGeorg Brandes and Asta Nielsen /$fJulie K. Allen 210 $aSeattle $cUniversity of Washington Press ;$aCopenhagen $cMuseum Tusculanum Press$dc2012 215 $axii, 283 p. $cill 225 0$aNew directions in Scandinavian studies 311 $a0-295-99220-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Georg Brandes -- pt. 2. Asta Nielsen. 330 $a"Julie Allen utilizes the lives and friendship of the Danish literary critic George Brandes (1842-1927) and the silent film star Asta Nielsen (1881-1972) to explore questions of culture and national identity in early twentieth-century Denmark. Danish culture and politics were influenced in this period by the country's deeply ambivalent relationship with Germany. Brandes and Nielsen, both of whom lived and worked in Germany for significant periods of time, were seen as dangerously cosmopolitan by the Danish public, even while they served as international cultural ambassadors for the very society that rejected them during their lifetimes. Allen argues that they were the prototypical representatives of a socially liberal and culturally modern "Danishness" (Danskhed) that Denmark itself only gradually (and later) grew into. This lively study brings its central characters to life while offering an original, thought provoking analysis of the origins and permutations of Danish modernism and Danish national identity--issues that continue to be significant in today's multi-ethnic Denmark. Icons of Danish Modernity is a book about the uneasy waves that arise when celebrities take on national symbolism, and the beginnings of this formula in the early twentieth century.Julie K. Allen is associate professor of Scandinavian studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison."Allen weaves a compelling cultural analysis about national identity and its mores. The juxtaposition of the works of Georg Brandes and Asta Nielsen is highly original and Allen's contribution offers a much-needed introduction to an English reading audience of these important cultural figures." -Karin Sanders, University of California, Berkeley"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aNational characteristics, Scandinavian 607 $aDenmark$xCivilization$y20th century 607 $aDenmark$xIntellectual life$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNational characteristics, Scandinavian. 676 $a306.09489 700 $aAllen$b Julie K$0935485 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463894903321 996 $aIcons of Danish modernity$92107213 997 $aUNINA