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Names: Bigelow, Benjamin (College teacher), author.

Title: Menacing environments : ecohorror in contemporary Nordic cinema / Benjamin Bigelow.

Description: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2023. | Series: New directions in Scandinavian studies | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2023009368 | ISBN 9780295751634 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780295751641 (paperback) | ISBN 9780295751658 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Motion pictures—Scandinavia—History and criticism. | Horror films—Scandinavia—History and criticism. | Environmental protection and motion pictures. | Nature in motion pictures.

Classification: LCC PN1993.5.S2 B54 2023 | DDC 791.430948—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023009368

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