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1	Edvard Persson and modernity Stakston, Tevin January 2022 (has links) In the field of Cinema studies recent and updated studies on Swedish 1930s cinema has been absent. The aim of this thesis is to provide new insights into the period by examining the films starring actor Edvard Persson released between 1930 and 1939. In total the study analyses 17 feature films with Persson in a leading or minor role in how they portray modernity and modernisation. The focus of the research lies on certain aspects of modernity such as machines, borders, class differences, national identity, and the role of women. The goal is to shed new light on Persson’s films in the 1930s and give updated research on a period of Swedish film history that is in need of newer scholarly work. Edvard Persson modernity modernisation Swedish film 1930s urbanisation gender antisemitism national identity class capitalism machines Studies on Film Filmvetenskap