Children of the district
Pastoral and the welfare state in Monika
Fagerholm’s The End of the Glitter
Scene novels
Article outline
- An unattainable ideal: The district and the Nordic welfare
state as dark pastoral milieus
- “When the summer throws you away”: Pastoral and the otherness of children
as a critique of the Western child
- “The district hates itself”: The end of the glitter scene novels as a
description of the Finland-Swedish minority’s
self-conception
- Conclusion
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Notes
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References