"Regional Conflicts: From the Merchant's House to the People's Home"

Ulrika Holgersson

"Regional Conflicts: From the Merchant's House to the People's Home"

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Abstract

This article is an analysis of the Swedish feature film "Brita i grosshandlarhuset" from 1946 about a poor girl that moves to the city finding employment as a maid in the house of a rich merchant. Here I examine the compromises - in terms of constructions of class and gender - that paved the way for a new narrative, with the progression of imagery from, so to speak, the symbol of the merchant house to the metaphor of the "Folkhem". In special focus stands the relation between city and country side.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Regional Aesthetics : Locating Swedish Media
Editors	Erik Hedling, Olof Hedling, Mats Jönsson
Publisher	Kungliga biblioteket
Pages	191-211
Volume	Mediehistoriskt arkiv 15
ISBN (Print)	978-91-88468-14-7
Publication status	Published - 2010

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Volume	Mediehistoriskt arkiv 15
ISSN (Print)	1654-6601

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historical film analysis
maid servants
class
gender
Folkhem

1 Anthology (editor)

Regional aesthetics : Locating Swedish media
Hedling, E. (Editor), Hedling, O. (Editor) & Jönsson, M. (Editor), 2010, Kungliga biblioteket. 383 p. (Mediehistoriskt arkiv; vol. 15)
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1 Presentation

Brita i grosshandlarhuset (The Maid). From the book 1943 to the film 1946
Holgersson, U. (Invited speaker) & Talvio, R. (Invited speaker)
2010 May 19
Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation

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"Regional Conflicts: From the Merchant's House to the People's Home"

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Regional aesthetics : Locating Swedish media

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Brita i grosshandlarhuset (The Maid). From the book 1943 to the film 1946

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