From the Bronx to the Wilderness: Inari‐Sami Rap, Language Revitalisation and Contested Ethnic Stereotypes

• Published in: Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism
• Main Authors: Ridanpää, Juha, Pasanen, Annika
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2009
• Subjects: Sociology and Political Science; Inari; Northern Finland; sami
• Online Access: 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

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...