title: Madness, Otherness and Transformation: Exploring Religion in Nordic Crime Films
abstract: IntroductionCrime fiction has long been a very popular genre, but it is a genre that has long also been ignored in academia (Tapper 2011). The lack of interest in exploring crime fiction has no doubt a lot to do with the popularity of the genre. As with many other forms of popular culture, crime fiction has been seen as nothing but entertainment. However, as the upsurge in popular culture research in general attests, something being popular and entertaining does not make it less worthy of attent
journal: Journal of Religion & Film