Swedish sailor songs, popularculture and maritime nationalidentities, 1918–1960
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Henrik Arnstad [1]
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[1] Södertörn University
Södertörn University
Suecia
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- Localización: International journal of maritime history, ISSN 0843-8714, Vol. 35, Nº. 4, 2023, págs. 589-621
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
In twentieth-century Sweden, conventional inland nationalism was challenged by strongcurrents of maritime national identities. The reason was a national frenzy regardingmaritime popular music–primarily, songs about Swedish sailors and their adventuresin exotic faraway lands. Throughout the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, and continuing intothe 1950s, numerous Swedish composers, singers and musicians produced hundredsof sailor songs. Their commercial success was staggering, to the delight of Sweden’sdeveloping music industry, but the identitarian consequences were even more astonish-ing. Maritime national identitiesflourished as Swedishness itself changed drastically viathis huge exposure to sailor songs
