Mari Pajala
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Re: Amateur?
I think the fact that most
I think the fact that most of the pieces this week thematise national identity in relation to the global is at least in part because of the need to make the contributions understandable in an international context. Thus we seem to have chosen examples tha ... -
Really interesting points
Really interesting points about the “double nostalgia” at work in this performance and about the Grease connection. The car at the end definitely looks like an allusion to Grease. The English version of this song was released in 1978, and the license plat ... -
Interesting piece, Sari. I
Interesting piece, Sari. I have to admit I hadn’t paid attention to the fact that the two characters in the series of advertisements only interact with other men. It looks like men are still seen as more suited to represent “ordinary Finnishness” (and oth ... -
Seen from Sweden’s eastern
Seen from Sweden’s eastern neighbouring country Finland, ABBA’s victory at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest certainly began to change opinions concerning the status of the various Nordic countries in the field of popular culture. Sweden has long been the ...