contexts- cultural

• Denmark's increasing multiculturalism and accompanying social tensions- in a post-9/11 europe immigration, integratio and national identity became key political flashpoints. these anxieties are mirrored in the show through characters like Amir, a teacher and muslim immigrant who becomes a suspect in the murder case. this initial suspicion reflects white-dominated socities rising societal issues of islamophobia prevelant in denmark at the time. The series critiques these said assumptions by disproving his guilt- progressive message- cultural context
• the amir suspicion-

  • subverts stuart halls representation theory- as it is framing the way in which audiences should view the product, - combatting islamophobia in a post-9-11 global society, but of course based in denmark dominantly
• Sarah Lund is also emotionally reserved, rational, and professionally competent- traits that are often encoded as masculine, rather than emotional and needy as a typical stereotyped trait seen in the crime genre
• Lund's androgynous appearance, functional knitwear, and lack of sexualisation reinforce this progressive portrayal