(Re)producing a "peripheral" region : Northern Sweden in the news
Building on theories of internal orientalism, the objectiveof this study is to show how intra-national differences arereproduced through influential media representations. By abstractingnews representations of Norrland, a large, sparsely populatedregion in the northernmost part of Sweden, new modes...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-19636 2023-10-09T21:54:33+02:00 (Re)producing a "peripheral" region : Northern Sweden in the news Eriksson, Madeleine 2008 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-19636 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0467.2008.00299.x eng eng Umeå universitet, Kulturgeografiska institutionen Geografiska Annaler. Series B, Human Geography, 0435-3684, 2008, 90:4, s. 369-388 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-19636 doi:10.1111/j.1468-0467.2008.00299.x ISI:000261527100004 Scopus 2-s2.0-57649129456 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess internal orientalism news representations regional development Sweden Norrland Human Geography Kulturgeografi Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2008 ftumeauniv https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0467.2008.00299.x 2023-09-22T13:59:18Z Building on theories of internal orientalism, the objectiveof this study is to show how intra-national differences arereproduced through influential media representations. By abstractingnews representations of Norrland, a large, sparsely populatedregion in the northernmost part of Sweden, new modes of“internal othering” within Western modernity are put on view.Real and imagined social and economical differences between the“rural North” and the “urban South” are explained in terms of“cultural differences” and “lifestyle” choices. The concept ofNorrland is used as an abstract essentialized geographical categoryand becomes a metonym for a backward and traditional ruralspace in contrast to equally essentialized urban areas with favouredmodern ideals. Specific traits of parts of the region becomeone with the entire region and the problems of the region becomethe problems of the people living in the region. I argue that thenews representations play a part in the reproduction of a “spaceof exception”, in that one region is constructed as a traditional andundeveloped space in contrast to an otherwise modern nation. Acentral argument of this study is that research on identity constructionand representations of place is needed to come to grips withissues of uneven regional development within western nations. Out of the periphery - on migration livelihood and place discourses in the northern periphery Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography 90 4 369 388 |
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Building on theories of internal orientalism, the objectiveof this study is to show how intra-national differences arereproduced through influential media representations. By abstractingnews representations of Norrland, a large, sparsely populatedregion in the northernmost part of Sweden, new modes of“internal othering” within Western modernity are put on view.Real and imagined social and economical differences between the“rural North” and the “urban South” are explained in terms of“cultural differences” and “lifestyle” choices. The concept ofNorrland is used as an abstract essentialized geographical categoryand becomes a metonym for a backward and traditional ruralspace in contrast to equally essentialized urban areas with favouredmodern ideals. Specific traits of parts of the region becomeone with the entire region and the problems of the region becomethe problems of the people living in the region. I argue that thenews representations play a part in the reproduction of a “spaceof exception”, in that one region is constructed as a traditional andundeveloped space in contrast to an otherwise modern nation. Acentral argument of this study is that research on identity constructionand representations of place is needed to come to grips withissues of uneven regional development within western nations. Out of the periphery - on migration livelihood and place discourses in the northern periphery |
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(Re)producing a "peripheral" region : Northern Sweden in the news |
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