The Girl Who Was Chased by Fire’
Violence and Passion in Contemporary Swedish Fascist Fiction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13060489 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mattias Gardell (Uppsala University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 166-185 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Fascism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2211-6249 • E-ISSN: 2211-6257 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22116257-10010004 |
| OpenAlex | W3179638568 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
Fascism invites its adherents to be part of something greater than themselves, invoking their longing for honor and glory, passion and heroism. An important avenue for articulating its affective dimension is cultural production. This article investigates the role of violence and passion in contemporary Swedish-language fascist fiction. The protagonist is typically a young white man or woman who wakes up to the realities of the ongoing white genocide through being exposed to violent crime committed by racialized aliens protected by the System. Seeking revenge, the protagonist learns how to be a man or meets her hero, and is introduced to fascist ideology and the art of killing. Fascist literature identifies aggression and ethnical cleansing as altruistic acts of love. With its passionate celebration of violence, fascism hails the productivity of destructivity, and the life-bequeathing aspects of death, which is at the core of fascism’s urge for national rebirth
Aesthetics · Art · Criminology · Dehumanization · Genocide · Girl · Glory · HERO · Honor · Ideology · Literature · Passion · Political science · Politics · Sociology · White (mutation · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |