Rethinking Cultural Appropriation in YA Literature Through Sámi and Arctic Pedagogies

• Published in: Children's Literature in Education
• Main Authors: Manderstedt, Lena, Palo, Annbritt, Kokkola, Lydia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Luleå tekniska universitet, Pedagogik, språk och Ämnesdidaktik 2021
• Subjects: Swedish YA novels; Sámi; Cultural appropriation; Sámi pedagogy; Arctic pedagogy; Didactics; Didaktik; Arctic; Endeavour; Idijärvi
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-78307; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-020-09404-x

This article highlights cultural appropriation in the literary representation of the Sámi (the indigenous people of the European Arctic) in two Swedish YA series: the Soppero quartet by the Sámi author Ann-Helén Laestadius, and the Idijärvi trilogy by Charlotte Cederlund, a non-Sámi writer. Despite...