Migrant Writing in Sweden: Diversifying from Within
Helena Wulff turns her anthropological eye to the social world of migrant writers and their work in Sweden (and to some extent in New York). Wulff shows how a migrant writer’s career is made, in its variety. At stake is breakthrough and reputation, competition and collaboration, and Wulff shows how a migrant writer’s career can depend on the publishing market and social media, as well as as age, gender, and class. Combining evocative ethnography with a scrutiny of fictional texts and journalist's reports, Wulff argues that these writers educate mainstream Swedes about their own society. These literary and journalistic accounts become therefore significant social commentary, as Wulff shows the enormous impact of literature on society in shaping and reflecting it. Written in an accessible style, Diversifying from Within will be of particular interest to scholars and students in anthropology, sociology, comparative literature, cultural studies and migration studies.
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Migrant Writing in Sweden: Diversifying from Within
Helena Wulff turns her anthropological eye to the social world of migrant writers and their work in Sweden (and to some extent in New York). Wulff shows how a migrant writer’s career is made, in its variety. At stake is breakthrough and reputation, competition and collaboration, and Wulff shows how a migrant writer’s career can depend on the publishing market and social media, as well as as age, gender, and class. Combining evocative ethnography with a scrutiny of fictional texts and journalist's reports, Wulff argues that these writers educate mainstream Swedes about their own society. These literary and journalistic accounts become therefore significant social commentary, as Wulff shows the enormous impact of literature on society in shaping and reflecting it. Written in an accessible style, Diversifying from Within will be of particular interest to scholars and students in anthropology, sociology, comparative literature, cultural studies and migration studies.
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Migrant Writing in Sweden: Diversifying from Within

Migrant Writing in Sweden: Diversifying from Within

by Helena Wulff

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Helena Wulff turns her anthropological eye to the social world of migrant writers and their work in Sweden (and to some extent in New York). Wulff shows how a migrant writer’s career is made, in its variety. At stake is breakthrough and reputation, competition and collaboration, and Wulff shows how a migrant writer’s career can depend on the publishing market and social media, as well as as age, gender, and class. Combining evocative ethnography with a scrutiny of fictional texts and journalist's reports, Wulff argues that these writers educate mainstream Swedes about their own society. These literary and journalistic accounts become therefore significant social commentary, as Wulff shows the enormous impact of literature on society in shaping and reflecting it. Written in an accessible style, Diversifying from Within will be of particular interest to scholars and students in anthropology, sociology, comparative literature, cultural studies and migration studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781000182590
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 07/01/2026
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 224

About the Author

Helena Wulff is Professor of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University in Sweden. Her research is in the anthropology of communication and aesthetics based on a wide range of studies of the social worlds of literary production and dance, currently on migrant writing in Sweden. She is author or editor of 11 books.

Table of Contents

1: The Author as Ethnographer2. Ambiguous Arrival3. The Making of a Migrant Writer4. A Small but Mighty Literary World 5. Infrastructure for Literature6. Opinion Pieces7. Live Literature 8. Creative Translation 9. Dystopian Sweden 10. Afterword: The Future of Us All BibliographyIndex
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