Vikings and Dumb Blondes: The Construction of American Discourse on Nordic & Scandinavian Whiteness

Dr. Erika Jackson presents "Vikings and Dumb Blondes: The Construction of American Discourse on Nordic and Scandinavian Whiteness." This talk was part of the Swenson Center's 40th Anniversary Symposium "The Migration and Beyond: New Perspectives on Swedish-American Relations." Jackson was the Swenson Center's 2009 NWO Visiting Scholar Award recipient. She is a professor of history at Colorado Mesa University and published "Scandinavians in Chicago: The Origins of White Privilege in Modern America" with University of Illinois Press in 2018.