Between Sweden and the world: Documentary films about ABBA’s international success

Mazierska, Ewa Hanna orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-4385-8264 (2021) Between Sweden and the world: Documentary films about ABBA’s international success. Journal of Scandinavian Cinema, 11 (3). pp. 317-325. ISSN 2042-7891

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1386/jsca_00057_1

Abstract

This article examines the phenomenon of ABBA, the most popular band ever to originate in Sweden, as accounted for in four documentaries, used to compare domestic and foreign responses to ABBA. Discussion draws on the concept of authenticity as formulated by Allan Moore, arguing that authenticity is not located in the music itself, but in the relationship between the artists and their audience. Analysis also considers the authenticity of the documentary form.


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