Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study

Welcome to our virtual Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study booth, where we’ve collected our new books and conference discount to share with you during this year’s virtual meeting.

 

We are pleased to offer SASS members a 40% discount with free shipping on all US-based orders placed through June 30. Enter promo code WASH21 at checkout through our website or by calling 1-800-537-5487.

 

Our acquisitions editors are still eager to connect with current and prospective authors about new projects and book proposals. They have been working to transition their usual in-person conference appointments to virtual meetings by phone or Zoom. If you have a project you’d like to discuss, please get in touch with one of our editors:

 

Larin McLaughlin, Editorial Director

Critical ethnic studies; women’s, gender, and sexuality studies; Native and Indigenous studies; visual culture

 

We’ve curated a selection of our new and noteworthy books below, and you can find additional titles here.

New and Noteworthy in Scandinavian Studies

Christian Krohg

Christian Krohg's Naturalism

Øystein Sjåstad

$40.00

Paperback

256 Pages

Sámi Media and Indigenous Agency in the Arctic North

Sámi Media and Indigenous Agency in the Arctic North

Coppélie Cocq Gelfgren, Thomas A. DuBois, Andrew Nestingen

$32.00

Paperback

352 Pages

Seawomen of Iceland

Seawomen of Iceland

Survival on the Edge

Margaret Willson

$24.95

Paperback

312 Pages

Sacred to the Touch

Sacred to the Touch

Nordic and Baltic Religious Wood Carving

Thomas A. DuBois

$35.00

Paperback

216 Pages

Fascism and Modernist Literature in Norway

Fascism and Modernist Literature in Norway

Dean Krouk

$32.00

Paperback

184 Pages

Roy Andersson’s “Songs from the Second Floor”

Roy Andersson’s “Songs from the Second Floor”

Contemplating the Art of Existence

Ursula Lindqvist

$25.00

Paperback

216 Pages

Icons of Danish Modernity

Icons of Danish Modernity

Georg Brandes and Asta Nielsen

Julie K. Allen

$32.00

Paperback

280 Pages

The Power of Song

The Power of Song

Nonviolent National Culture in the Baltic Singing Revolution

Guntis Šmidchens

$35.00

Paperback

416 Pages

Church Resistance to Nazism in Norway, 1940-1945

Church Resistance to Nazism in Norway, 1940-1945

Arne Hassing

$32.00

Paperback

424 Pages

Thomas Vinterberg's Festen (The Celebration)

C. Claire Thomson

$25.00

Paperback

232 Pages

Danish Folktales, Legends, and Other Stories

Danish Folktales, Legends, and Other Stories

Timothy R. Tangherlini, Timothy R. Tangherlini

$50.00

Hardcover

280 Pages

Nikolai

Nikolai's Fortune

Solveig Torvik

$25.00

Paperback

332 Pages