From the Bronx to the Wilderness: Inari‐Sami Rap, Language Revitalisation and Contested Ethnic Stereotypes
Abstract This article discusses how rap music operates as an emancipatory ‘tool’ in the processes of language preservation and the deconstruction of ethnic stereotypes. It focuses on Amoc, the first ever rap musician to use the Inari Sami language, a minority language spoken in Northern Finland with...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1754-9469.2009.01051.x 2023-12-03T10:25:05+01:00 From the Bronx to the Wilderness: Inari‐Sami Rap, Language Revitalisation and Contested Ethnic Stereotypes Ridanpää, Juha Pasanen, Annika 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-9469.2009.01051.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1754-9469.2009.01051.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1754-9469.2009.01051.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism volume 9, issue 2, page 213-230 ISSN 1473-8481 1754-9469 Sociology and Political Science journal-article 2009 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-9469.2009.01051.x 2023-11-09T13:22:42Z Abstract This article discusses how rap music operates as an emancipatory ‘tool’ in the processes of language preservation and the deconstruction of ethnic stereotypes. It focuses on Amoc, the first ever rap musician to use the Inari Sami language, a minority language spoken in Northern Finland with only approximately 350 remaining speakers. The case as a whole is understood as a confrontation between two opposite discursive worlds. Rap music is perceived as a representation of urbanity, whereas the ethnic Sami culture is understood as a nationally ‘othered’ discourse based on old subordinating stereotypes of primitive people living in nature, beyond civilisation. In this context Amoc represents a bridge‐builder between these two contrary worlds. This article discusses how Sami rap, as a modernised artistic practice, functions as an emancipatory ‘tool’ deconstructing the stereotypical ways of approaching ethnic heritages and thereby helping to sustain and revitalise the minority language of the Inari Sami group. Article in Journal/Newspaper Inari Northern Finland sami sami Wiley Online Library (via Crossref) Inari ENVELOPE(27.029,27.029,68.906,68.906) Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism 9 2 213 230 |
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Abstract This article discusses how rap music operates as an emancipatory ‘tool’ in the processes of language preservation and the deconstruction of ethnic stereotypes. It focuses on Amoc, the first ever rap musician to use the Inari Sami language, a minority language spoken in Northern Finland with only approximately 350 remaining speakers. The case as a whole is understood as a confrontation between two opposite discursive worlds. Rap music is perceived as a representation of urbanity, whereas the ethnic Sami culture is understood as a nationally ‘othered’ discourse based on old subordinating stereotypes of primitive people living in nature, beyond civilisation. In this context Amoc represents a bridge‐builder between these two contrary worlds. This article discusses how Sami rap, as a modernised artistic practice, functions as an emancipatory ‘tool’ deconstructing the stereotypical ways of approaching ethnic heritages and thereby helping to sustain and revitalise the minority language of the Inari Sami group. |
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From the Bronx to the Wilderness: Inari‐Sami Rap, Language Revitalisation and Contested Ethnic Stereotypes |
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From the Bronx to the Wilderness: Inari‐Sami Rap, Language Revitalisation and Contested Ethnic Stereotypes |
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From the Bronx to the Wilderness: Inari‐Sami Rap, Language Revitalisation and Contested Ethnic Stereotypes |
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From the Bronx to the Wilderness: Inari‐Sami Rap, Language Revitalisation and Contested Ethnic Stereotypes |
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From the Bronx to the Wilderness: Inari‐Sami Rap, Language Revitalisation and Contested Ethnic Stereotypes |
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from the bronx to the wilderness: inari‐sami rap, language revitalisation and contested ethnic stereotypes |
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