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Att gestalta etnicitet: En semiotisk analys av miljöerna och karaktärerna i serien Tunna blå linjen
Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Swedish Language.
2021 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

This essay aims to create a deeper understanding of how the meaning-making of the series Thin Blue Line contributes to the debate of culture, cultural representation and exclusion in contemporary Sweden. Through a popular cultural perspective based on the theory of representation and a survey through the method semiotic analysis answer the following two questions: How is Swedishness represented in the TV series? How does racialized swedes appear in the TV series? The material analyzed is limited to four environments, from four scenes from the series. The analysis of semiotic resources such as the environment and characters show a representation of Swedishness and racialized swedes, confirming Stuart Hall's (1997) theory that racialized swedes are often represented in contexts linked to crime and bad behavior. This is found above all in denotation and connotation which depicts racialized swedes as "the others" in relation to the concept of "Swedishness". In conclusion, I believe that the outcome is due to the creators attempts to present the reality of the population in the city, followed by the lack of swedish research that sheds light on the opposite representation of racialized swedes.

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2021. , p. 54
Keywords [en]
Semiotic analysis, racism theory, representation, ethnicity, Thin blue line, Swedishness
Keywords [sv]
Semiotisk analys, rasifieringsteorin, representation, etnicitet, Tunna blå linjen, Svenskhet
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-47976OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-47976DiVA, id: diva2:1625013
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Available from: 2022-01-12 Created: 2022-01-05 Last updated: 2025-10-07Bibliographically approved

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