Indigenous Perspectives: An examination of how the post-colonial state affects Sámi filmmaking in Sweden

Abstract When Sámi Blood (dir. Amanda Kernell) came out in 2017, a debate in media in Sweden was born. This was a debate the on silenced oppression and phrenological research faced by the indigenous Sámi people. This oppression from the Swedish state has been ongoing for centuries, and these issues...

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Main Author: Pålsson, Amalia
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap 2019
Subjects:
indigenous cinema
colonialism
iconography
self-representation
stereotype
perspective
Cultural Sciences
Sámi
Online Access:http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/8967659
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spelling ftulundlupsp:oai:lup-student-papers.lub.lu.se:8967659 2023-07-30T04:06:39+02:00 Indigenous Perspectives: An examination of how the post-colonial state affects Sámi filmmaking in Sweden Pålsson, Amalia 2019 application/pdf http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/8967659 eng eng Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/8967659 indigenous cinema colonialism iconography self-representation stereotype perspective Cultural Sciences M2 2019 ftulundlupsp 2023-07-11T20:09:47Z Abstract When Sámi Blood (dir. Amanda Kernell) came out in 2017, a debate in media in Sweden was born. This was a debate the on silenced oppression and phrenological research faced by the indigenous Sámi people. This oppression from the Swedish state has been ongoing for centuries, and these issues were discussed in Sámi Blood, especially commenting eugenics and what this oppression did to the individual. Amanda Kernell is herself of Sámi descent, and this thesis examines how this insider perspective affects Sámi self-representation in the post-colonial state. This trough examinations of the Sámi norm and iconography, the position of language and the criticism of the Swedish state. Other/Unknown Material Sámi Sámi Lund University Publications Student Papers (LUP-SP)
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colonialism
iconography
self-representation
stereotype
perspective
Cultural Sciences
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colonialism
iconography
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Cultural Sciences
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Indigenous Perspectives: An examination of how the post-colonial state affects Sámi filmmaking in Sweden
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self-representation
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perspective
Cultural Sciences
description Abstract When Sámi Blood (dir. Amanda Kernell) came out in 2017, a debate in media in Sweden was born. This was a debate the on silenced oppression and phrenological research faced by the indigenous Sámi people. This oppression from the Swedish state has been ongoing for centuries, and these issues were discussed in Sámi Blood, especially commenting eugenics and what this oppression did to the individual. Amanda Kernell is herself of Sámi descent, and this thesis examines how this insider perspective affects Sámi self-representation in the post-colonial state. This trough examinations of the Sámi norm and iconography, the position of language and the criticism of the Swedish state.
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