Northern Exposures and Marginal Critiques: The Politics of Sovereignty in Sámi Cinema
This chapter builds on Charles Taylor’s concept of the ‘politics of recognition’ to argue that new Sámi cinema practices in Finland eschew the image of the ‘mystical’ or exoticized Sámi and instead addresses contemporary issues of land and language rights and the self-governance of indigenous people...
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Edinburgh University Press
2015
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9780748694174.003.0003 |
| Summary: | This chapter builds on Charles Taylor’s concept of the ‘politics of recognition’ to argue that new Sámi cinema practices in Finland eschew the image of the ‘mystical’ or exoticized Sámi and instead addresses contemporary issues of land and language rights and the self-governance of indigenous people. Kääpä shows how many recent films function as a ‘sub-regional forms of political self-definition’. Kääpä addresses the films of Paul Anders Simma, whose work ranges from activist works such as Give Us Our Skeletons! to fictional feature film productions such as Minister of State. Kääpä also considers the work of other recent Sámi filmmakers such as documentarian Katja Gauriloff. This chapter also addresses Finnish film politics and the current policies of the Finnish Film Foundation. |
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