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‘Don’t smile – as soon as you’re happy, life will hit back at you at the next turn’: Young people, neo-liberalism and the culture of cruelty in Headfirst



Authors: Römpötti, Tommi

Publisher: Intellect Ltd.

Publication year: 2024

Journal: Journal of Scandinavian Cinema

Journal name in source: Journal of Scandinavian Cinema

Volume: 14

Issue: 1

First page : 57

Last page: 67

ISSN: 2042-7891

eISSN: 2042-7905

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/jsca_00111_1

Web address : https://doi.org/10.1386/jsca_00111_1


Abstract
This article considers the Finnish drama comedy Päin seinää (Headfirst) (2014) as a work of neo-liberal pedagogy that represents human waste management and the culture of cruelty as normal and routine, denying marginalized young people the possibility of a better future.



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