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Finnish translation: Kioskikirjallisuus

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English term or phrase:pulp fiction
Finnish translation:Kioskikirjallisuus

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16:57 Jan 28, 2010
English to Finnish translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: pulp fiction
Definition from Robert Harris - VirtualSalt:
Novels written for the mass market, intended to be "a good read,"--often exciting, titillating, thrilling. Historically they have been very popular but critically sneered at as being of sub-literary quality. The earliest ones were the dime novels of the nineteenth century, printed on newsprint (hence "pulp" fiction) and sold for ten cents. Westerns, stories of adventure, even the Horatio Alger novels, all were forms of pulp fiction.

Example sentence(s):
  • At five to twenty-five cents an issue, pulp fiction was a literature accessible to Americans at every income level—often sold at newsstands and drugstores. Until the mid-1950s, pulp fiction was the literature of choice for the reading public, before it was supplanted by comic books and paperbacks. The Library of Congress-American Memory
  • The pulp fiction era provided a breeding ground for creative talent which would influence all forms of entertainment for decades to come. The hardboiled detective and science fiction genres were created by the freedom that the pulp fiction magazines provided. Vintage New Media, inc.
  • Pulp fiction was a great avenue to escape the mundane and escape into a world of gangsters and good guys, cowboys and cattlemen, spaceships and star travelers. For a thin dime one could read from the pens of some of the best writers of the era: the era of pulp fiction. Robert Wheadon
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Kioskikirjallisuus
Definition:
Kioskikirjallisuutta ovat esimerkiksi halvat jännitys-, romanssi-, lääkäri-, salapoliisi-, tieteis- ja kauhupokkarit ja muut viihdelukemistot.
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Kioskikirjallisuus


Definition from own experience or research:
Kioskikirjallisuutta ovat esimerkiksi halvat jännitys-, romanssi-, lääkäri-, salapoliisi-, tieteis- ja kauhupokkarit ja muut viihdelukemistot.

Example sentence(s):
  • Käsite kioskikirjallisuus yleistyi suomalaisessa kielenkäytössä 1960-luvulla tarkoittamaan huokeahintaista, sarjoina ilmestynyttä taskukirjaa, romaanilehteä tai novellilukemistoa, joka leviää lukijoille pääasiallisesti kioskien tai muiden lehtipisteiden kautta. - Kansalliskirjaston lehti s. 34-39  
  • Kioskikirjallisuus on myös hakusana Yleisessä suomalaisessa asiasanastossa. - Yleinen suomalainen asiasanasto  
  • Kioskikirjallisuus (engl. pulp fiction) tarkoittaa halpoja viihdelukemistoja. Kioskikirjallisuuden yhtenä kukoistuskautena on pidetty 1920–1950-lukuja Yhdysvalloissa. - Wikipedia  

Explanation:
Myös pulp-kirjallisuus, mutta käsittääkseni tänne halutaan kerätä ensisijaisesti täysin suomalaisperäisiä termejä.
HGU
Finland
Local time: 21:30
Native speaker of: Native in FinnishFinnish
PRO pts in category: 4

Votes in favor of/against selecting this as the best translation of the term asked
Yes  Alfa Trans (X)
2 days 18 hrs
  -> Kiitos.
Yes  Riikka Eriksson-Schulz
2 days 18 hrs
  -> Kiitti.
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