Imagining Denmark. Danmarksfilm as documentary portraits of a nation
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Imagining Denmark. Danmarksfilm as documentary portraits of a nation. / Bondebjerg, Ib.
A History of Danish Cinema. red. / Claire Thomson; Isak Thorsen; Pei-Sze Chow. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2021. s. 93-104.Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Imagining Denmark.
T2 - Danmarksfilm as documentary portraits of a nation
AU - Bondebjerg, Ib
PY - 2021/10/20
Y1 - 2021/10/20
N2 - Documentary fi lms have explored wide-ranging aspects of Danish society, cultureand everyday life since the beginning of the twentieth century. Documentariesare not just factual presentations of reality; they are also creative ways ofshaping how we imagine who we are and the world we inhabit. In this chapter,I deal with how Denmark as a nation and society has been imagined and portrayed in the genre of Danmarksfi lm (Denmark-films), fi lms that try to capture the nation as a whole. In a way, all documentary fi lms about Denmark contribute to how Danes imagine their nation. Documentary fi lms deal with many aspects of Danish society and culture, and those fragments of an imagined Denmark contribute to our portrait of a nation. However, Denmark-fi lms have the more ambitious goal of interpreting Denmark and the Danes. They are refl ections on who we are – on our society, culture and way of living. Starting withthe fi rst Denmark-fi lm in 1926, such fi lms have often been commissioned andmade for Danes themselves, but also for an international audience as an introduction or welcome to Denmark for tourists and business partners (Thomson 2018a and 2018b). The historical development of this particular genre shows an increasing focus on the global – the global infl uence on Denmark and the nation’s place in the world.
AB - Documentary fi lms have explored wide-ranging aspects of Danish society, cultureand everyday life since the beginning of the twentieth century. Documentariesare not just factual presentations of reality; they are also creative ways ofshaping how we imagine who we are and the world we inhabit. In this chapter,I deal with how Denmark as a nation and society has been imagined and portrayed in the genre of Danmarksfi lm (Denmark-films), fi lms that try to capture the nation as a whole. In a way, all documentary fi lms about Denmark contribute to how Danes imagine their nation. Documentary fi lms deal with many aspects of Danish society and culture, and those fragments of an imagined Denmark contribute to our portrait of a nation. However, Denmark-fi lms have the more ambitious goal of interpreting Denmark and the Danes. They are refl ections on who we are – on our society, culture and way of living. Starting withthe fi rst Denmark-fi lm in 1926, such fi lms have often been commissioned andmade for Danes themselves, but also for an international audience as an introduction or welcome to Denmark for tourists and business partners (Thomson 2018a and 2018b). The historical development of this particular genre shows an increasing focus on the global – the global infl uence on Denmark and the nation’s place in the world.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Danmarksfilm
KW - Dokumentarfilm
KW - Dansk filmhistorie
UR - https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-a-history-of-danish-cinema.html
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9781474461122
SP - 93
EP - 104
BT - A History of Danish Cinema
A2 - Thomson, Claire
A2 - Thorsen, Isak
A2 - Chow, Pei-Sze
PB - Edinburgh University Press
CY - Edinburgh
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