Både finsk och svensk : modernisering, nationalism och språkförändring i Tornedalen 1850-1939
This study deals with the impact by modernisation and nationalism on the ethnicity and national identity among the Finnish speaking minority in the Torne Valley in the north of Sweden. The starting point is 1809 when Sweden lost the Finnish part of the kingdom to Russia. It resulted in the division...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-59640 2023-10-09T21:55:04+02:00 Både finsk och svensk : modernisering, nationalism och språkförändring i Tornedalen 1850-1939 Elenius, Lars 2001 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-59640 swe swe Historiska studier Umeå : Kulturgräns norr Kulturens frontlinjer : skrifter från forskningsprogrammet Kulturgräns norr, 1402-8506 34 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-59640 urn:isbn:91-88466-43-4 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Modernisation nationalism ethnicity assimilation policy national identity marriage pattern language shift Torne Valley elementary school History Historia Doctoral thesis, monograph info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis text 2001 ftumeauniv 2023-09-22T13:49:06Z This study deals with the impact by modernisation and nationalism on the ethnicity and national identity among the Finnish speaking minority in the Torne Valley in the north of Sweden. The starting point is 1809 when Sweden lost the Finnish part of the kingdom to Russia. It resulted in the division of the Torne Valley into two nation-states and modernisation projects. The aim of the study is to investigate what happened to the ethnic content in the national identity in the two parts of the valley over time. The focus is placed on the parish of Övertorneå on the Swedish side between 1850 and 1939. According to the modernist and constructivist approach in theories of nationalism, national consciousness and national sentiments are confined to the era of industrialisation and modernisation. In the dissertation nationalism on the contrary is regarded as a myth-symbol complex which is transferred by one or many ethnic groups from the pre-modern state to the modern nation-state. A perspective from both above and below is used in the study. The investigation in the state assimilation policy shows, by contrast with previous studies, that the main aim up to the middle of the 1880s was to maintain religious hegemony in relation to the Laestadian revivalist movement. It also shows that the assimilation policy was influenced by the continuity of the Finnish speaking minority in the nation-state and the previous link of Sweden together with Finland in the former unitary state. Moreover it shows that it was influenced by internal changes in the paradigm of education and party policy, the new international status of national minorities after First World War and language revitalisation in the Torne Valley. The process of language shift is used as an important marker of ethnicity and national identity. When following the shift of language use among the Torne Valley people from 1890 to 1930 the study shows that the language policy in school played an essential role for the shift, but the difference between women and men also ... Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Övertorneå Tornedalen Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) Övertorneå ENVELOPE(23.654,23.654,66.388,66.388) |
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This study deals with the impact by modernisation and nationalism on the ethnicity and national identity among the Finnish speaking minority in the Torne Valley in the north of Sweden. The starting point is 1809 when Sweden lost the Finnish part of the kingdom to Russia. It resulted in the division of the Torne Valley into two nation-states and modernisation projects. The aim of the study is to investigate what happened to the ethnic content in the national identity in the two parts of the valley over time. The focus is placed on the parish of Övertorneå on the Swedish side between 1850 and 1939. According to the modernist and constructivist approach in theories of nationalism, national consciousness and national sentiments are confined to the era of industrialisation and modernisation. In the dissertation nationalism on the contrary is regarded as a myth-symbol complex which is transferred by one or many ethnic groups from the pre-modern state to the modern nation-state. A perspective from both above and below is used in the study. The investigation in the state assimilation policy shows, by contrast with previous studies, that the main aim up to the middle of the 1880s was to maintain religious hegemony in relation to the Laestadian revivalist movement. It also shows that the assimilation policy was influenced by the continuity of the Finnish speaking minority in the nation-state and the previous link of Sweden together with Finland in the former unitary state. Moreover it shows that it was influenced by internal changes in the paradigm of education and party policy, the new international status of national minorities after First World War and language revitalisation in the Torne Valley. The process of language shift is used as an important marker of ethnicity and national identity. When following the shift of language use among the Torne Valley people from 1890 to 1930 the study shows that the language policy in school played an essential role for the shift, but the difference between women and men also ... |
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Både finsk och svensk : modernisering, nationalism och språkförändring i Tornedalen 1850-1939 |
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Både finsk och svensk : modernisering, nationalism och språkförändring i Tornedalen 1850-1939 |
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Både finsk och svensk : modernisering, nationalism och språkförändring i Tornedalen 1850-1939 |
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Både finsk och svensk : modernisering, nationalism och språkförändring i Tornedalen 1850-1939 |
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Både finsk och svensk : modernisering, nationalism och språkförändring i Tornedalen 1850-1939 |
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både finsk och svensk : modernisering, nationalism och språkförändring i tornedalen 1850-1939 |
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Kulturens frontlinjer : skrifter från forskningsprogrammet Kulturgräns norr, 1402-8506 34 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-59640 urn:isbn:91-88466-43-4 |
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