Cultural Stereotypes and Negotiations in Sámi Cinema
This chapter provides a history of representations of Sámi peoples in Norwegian cinema over the past century, from the various remakes of Laila to comedies in the 1960s and 1970s indigenous rights documentaries. Mecsei examines recent developments in film production and Sámi language policies throug...
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credinunivpr:10.3366/edinburgh/9780748694174.003.0005 2023-05-15T17:01:45+02:00 Cultural Stereotypes and Negotiations in Sámi Cinema Mecsei, Monica Kim 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9780748694174.003.0005 unknown Edinburgh University Press Films on Ice book-chapter 2015 credinunivpr https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9780748694174.003.0005 2022-08-04T18:20:14Z This chapter provides a history of representations of Sámi peoples in Norwegian cinema over the past century, from the various remakes of Laila to comedies in the 1960s and 1970s indigenous rights documentaries. Mecsei examines recent developments in film production and Sámi language policies through the opening of the International Sámi Film Center in Guovdageaidnu-Kautokeino, Norway. The chapter outlines the history of the emergence of Sami self-representational film narratives through an analysis of the fiction feature films of Nils Gaup, including his groundbreaking films Pathfinder (1987) and The Kautokeino Rebellion (2008). Mecsei traces the further development of the diversity of Sámi feature filmmaking in two very distinct films: Paul-Anders Simma’s Minister of State (1997) and Lars Göran Pettersson’s Bázo (2003). Book Part Kautokeino sami sami Sámi Edinburgh University Press (via Crossref) Norway Nils ENVELOPE(48.017,48.017,-68.067,-68.067) Kautokeino ENVELOPE(23.048,23.048,69.003,69.003) |
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This chapter provides a history of representations of Sámi peoples in Norwegian cinema over the past century, from the various remakes of Laila to comedies in the 1960s and 1970s indigenous rights documentaries. Mecsei examines recent developments in film production and Sámi language policies through the opening of the International Sámi Film Center in Guovdageaidnu-Kautokeino, Norway. The chapter outlines the history of the emergence of Sami self-representational film narratives through an analysis of the fiction feature films of Nils Gaup, including his groundbreaking films Pathfinder (1987) and The Kautokeino Rebellion (2008). Mecsei traces the further development of the diversity of Sámi feature filmmaking in two very distinct films: Paul-Anders Simma’s Minister of State (1997) and Lars Göran Pettersson’s Bázo (2003). |
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Mecsei, Monica Kim |
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Mecsei, Monica Kim Cultural Stereotypes and Negotiations in Sámi Cinema |
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Mecsei, Monica Kim |
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Mecsei, Monica Kim |
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Cultural Stereotypes and Negotiations in Sámi Cinema |
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Cultural Stereotypes and Negotiations in Sámi Cinema |
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Cultural Stereotypes and Negotiations in Sámi Cinema |
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Cultural Stereotypes and Negotiations in Sámi Cinema |
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Cultural Stereotypes and Negotiations in Sámi Cinema |
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cultural stereotypes and negotiations in sámi cinema |
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Edinburgh University Press |
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2015 |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9780748694174.003.0005 |
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ENVELOPE(48.017,48.017,-68.067,-68.067) ENVELOPE(23.048,23.048,69.003,69.003) |
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Norway Nils Kautokeino |
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Norway Nils Kautokeino |
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Kautokeino sami sami Sámi |
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Kautokeino sami sami Sámi |
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Films on Ice |
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https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9780748694174.003.0005 |
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