A Female Perspective on Sami Bear Ceremonies
Researchers have often seen Sami bear ceremonies as exclusive male activities since the hunting was performed by men. This asymmetrical outlook on men’s and women’s participation in rituals is partly due to the old source material, which generally has a male point of departure. This view has also be...
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| description | Researchers have often seen Sami bear ceremonies as exclusive male activities since the hunting was performed by men. This asymmetrical outlook on men’s and women’s participation in rituals is partly due to the old source material, which generally has a male point of departure. This view has also been reinforced by later researchers. By introducing Anna Tomasdotter and her account of the Sami bear ritual, a source not frequently used, the author of the article brings to the fore a female perspective on the ceremony. The complementary gender roles in Sami religion are thus put in focus. |
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| spelling | ftumeaunivojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/806 2025-01-16T22:47:12+00:00 A Female Perspective on Sami Bear Ceremonies Westman Kuhmunen, Anna 2016-04-25 application/pdf https://journals.ub.umu.se/index.php/jns/article/view/806 eng eng Umeå University Library https://journals.ub.umu.se/index.php/jns/article/view/806/406 https://journals.ub.umu.se/index.php/jns/article/view/806 Copyright (c) 2016 The authors and Journal of Northern Studies Journal of Northern Studies; Vol. 9 No. 2 (2015); 73-94 2004-4658 1654-5915 Bear ceremonies Sami religion female perspectives Pehr Fjellström Jonas A. Nensén Anna Tomasdotter info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed article 2016 ftumeaunivojs 2024-12-18T04:08:26Z Researchers have often seen Sami bear ceremonies as exclusive male activities since the hunting was performed by men. This asymmetrical outlook on men’s and women’s participation in rituals is partly due to the old source material, which generally has a male point of departure. This view has also been reinforced by later researchers. By introducing Anna Tomasdotter and her account of the Sami bear ritual, a source not frequently used, the author of the article brings to the fore a female perspective on the ceremony. The complementary gender roles in Sami religion are thus put in focus. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Northern Studies sami Umeå University Library Hosted Journals |
| spellingShingle | Bear ceremonies Sami religion female perspectives Pehr Fjellström Jonas A. Nensén Anna Tomasdotter Westman Kuhmunen, Anna A Female Perspective on Sami Bear Ceremonies |
| title | A Female Perspective on Sami Bear Ceremonies |
| title_full | A Female Perspective on Sami Bear Ceremonies |
| title_fullStr | A Female Perspective on Sami Bear Ceremonies |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Female Perspective on Sami Bear Ceremonies |
| title_short | A Female Perspective on Sami Bear Ceremonies |
| title_sort | female perspective on sami bear ceremonies |
| topic | Bear ceremonies Sami religion female perspectives Pehr Fjellström Jonas A. Nensén Anna Tomasdotter |
| topic_facet | Bear ceremonies Sami religion female perspectives Pehr Fjellström Jonas A. Nensén Anna Tomasdotter |
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