A periphery lost: the representation of Karelia in Finnish national landscape imagery
The article reflects how Karelia has been represented as a national periphery in Finnish national landscape imagery, understood as a dynamic system of social representations defining Finland as national space. Karelia may be likened to other national peripheries, analysed among others by Robert Shie...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:1800bcf0893d4e849bbf9391570b6add 2023-05-15T17:00:14+02:00 A periphery lost: the representation of Karelia in Finnish national landscape imagery Maunu Häyrynen 2004-01-01 https://doaj.org/article/1800bcf0893d4e849bbf9391570b6add en eng Geographical Society of Finland 1798-5617 https://doaj.org/article/1800bcf0893d4e849bbf9391570b6add undefined Fennia: International Journal of Geography, Vol 182, Iss 1 (2004) demo archi Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2004 fttriple 2023-01-22T19:30:52Z The article reflects how Karelia has been represented as a national periphery in Finnish national landscape imagery, understood as a dynamic system of social representations defining Finland as national space. Karelia may be likened to other national peripheries, analysed among others by Robert Shields as liminal zones allegedly at the margins of society. The particular aspects of Karelian landscape occurring in popular landscape imagery are discussed. It is pointed out how these anchor Karelia to a variety of contexts, of which Karelianist imagery originating from art constitutes only one. Similarly the ideological roles of Karelian landscape have varied, starting from the didactic narratives of Zachris Topelius and ending up in the post-war and post-Soviet Karelian revivals. However, the present-day Karelian landscape is a nostalgic construction, transferring the liminal zone outside history. Article in Journal/Newspaper karelia* karelian Unknown |
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The article reflects how Karelia has been represented as a national periphery in Finnish national landscape imagery, understood as a dynamic system of social representations defining Finland as national space. Karelia may be likened to other national peripheries, analysed among others by Robert Shields as liminal zones allegedly at the margins of society. The particular aspects of Karelian landscape occurring in popular landscape imagery are discussed. It is pointed out how these anchor Karelia to a variety of contexts, of which Karelianist imagery originating from art constitutes only one. Similarly the ideological roles of Karelian landscape have varied, starting from the didactic narratives of Zachris Topelius and ending up in the post-war and post-Soviet Karelian revivals. However, the present-day Karelian landscape is a nostalgic construction, transferring the liminal zone outside history. |
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A periphery lost: the representation of Karelia in Finnish national landscape imagery |
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A periphery lost: the representation of Karelia in Finnish national landscape imagery |
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A periphery lost: the representation of Karelia in Finnish national landscape imagery |
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A periphery lost: the representation of Karelia in Finnish national landscape imagery |
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A periphery lost: the representation of Karelia in Finnish national landscape imagery |
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periphery lost: the representation of karelia in finnish national landscape imagery |
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Geographical Society of Finland |
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2004 |
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Fennia: International Journal of Geography, Vol 182, Iss 1 (2004) |
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