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"There is a widely held notion that death is not particularly visible in our culture; death is something we do not talk about. The premise for Døden i livet has been to challenge this preconception from a variety of perspectives and disciplines.The authors argue that death is present in our lives in many ways. We see it and experience it in our physical surroundings, for example in the various arrangements we make to remind ourselves of the dead. We hear or read about it in speeches, poems, music lyrics, psalms, obituaries, biographies, picture books, novels and newspapers. We talk about death in conversations with each other, in characterizing the dead and in clinical language about illness and death. We reveal our understanding of death through visual forms such as newspaper images, illustrations in books and in the imagery and metaphors we employ when we describe it.Døden i livet is a mult-disciplinary, scientific anthology consisting of 12 peer-reviewed chapters geared towards scholars and students interested in broader appreciation of how death is present in our culture. The chapters are written by researchers working in such diverse fields as health, pedagogics, idea history, religion, literature studies, linguistics and rhetoric."

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"How do Norwegians feel about religious humour? What do comedians take into consideration when producing and performing jokes about religion? How is humour about religion presented in television comedies, film comedies and men’s magazines? How do different religious groups relate to humour about their own faith? The relationship between religion and humour can be contentious – religion is not always something to make light of – and yet, religion and humour are in dialogue, negotiating ways to accommodate each other. There is also much humour to be found in religious milieus. This anthology addresses encounters between humour and religion in a variety of contexts.The book consists of contributions written by people from different disciplines with expertise in religion, media and humour. Practitioners are represented through interviews with stand-up comedians. The book is aimed at everyone interested in the role of religion in humoristic settings, as well as professionals in the fields of media and religion, politicians and other decision-makers, and students in social sciences, religious studies and media studies." "Hva mener nordmenn om religionshumor? Hvilke vurderinger gjør komikere i forbindelse med humor om religion? På hvilken måte fremstilles religionshumor i dagens mediehverdag? Hvordan forholder ulike religiøse miljøer seg til humor om deres egen trosretning? Det er liten tvil om at koblingen mellom religion og humor noen ganger kan være betent. Religion er ikke alltid til å spøke med. Samtidig finnes det mange eksempler på at religion og humor ikke trenger å stå i et motsetningsforhold, men at det foregår forhandlinger om hvordan humor og religion kan tilpasse seg til hverandre. Det er også mye humor i religiøse miljøer. Denne boken tar forseg møtet mellom humor og religion i ulike sammenhenger.Boken inneholder et knippe bidrag skrevet av personer fra ulike fagfelt med kompetanse på religion, medier og humor. Praktikere på humorfeltet er representert gjennom intervjuer med standupkomikere. Boken retter seg mot alle som er opptatt av religionens rolle i humorsammenhenger, mot praktikere på mediefeltet og religionsfeltet, politikere og andre beslutningstakere, og mot studenter i samfunnsfag, religionsfag og medievitenskap."

Humanities --- religion --- humour --- comedians --- media --- stand-up --- humor --- komikere --- standup

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Autobiographical and fictional illness narratives meet increased attention these days, both among laymen and women as well as within interdisciplinary research. The genre’s popularity can be seen as an offspring of the attention personal experiences have in Scandinavian culture both within publishing, social media, and autobiographical literature. Rage, relations, and celebrities. Contemporary Scandinavian lllness Narratives depicts and discusses how personal illness experiences is a complex phenomenon with regard to the emotions activated when facing illness, the relational diversity, the public discourse aiming at transparence and sharing, as well as commercial and authenticating agendas. The book draws theoretical inspiration from affect theory and Rita Felski’s writings on interpretation and literary theory. Rage, relations, and celebrities aims at showing how illness narratives is a flexible literary genre, illustrating some of the challenges but also the potential insights experienced in the light of illness – by patients, relatives, and readers.

Literature & literary studies --- Literature: history & criticism --- Literary studies: general --- Literary studies: from c 1900 --- -illness --- affect --- pathographies --- medical --- humanities --- celebrities --- social relations --- -Literature & literary studies --- illness