Narratives of identity: Saami identity in the Swedish cultural memory
Sweden portrays itself as a champion of human rights. Simultaneously, it violates the rights of its indigenous Saami population. To understand the dynamics of this duplicity, this interdisciplinary study explores how Saami identity is constructed and perceived in Swedish cultural memory. Avril Bell’...
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ftunimaastrichto:oai:ojs.openjournals.maastrichtuniversity.nl:article/683 2023-05-15T18:08:04+02:00 Narratives of identity: Saami identity in the Swedish cultural memory Björkman, Amanda Tilia Marie 2019-09-03 application/pdf http://openjournals.maastrichtuniversity.nl/MJLA/article/view/683 eng eng Maastricht University http://openjournals.maastrichtuniversity.nl/MJLA/article/view/683/493 http://openjournals.maastrichtuniversity.nl/MJLA/article/view/683 Copyright (c) 2019 The Maastricht Journal of Liberal Arts The Maastricht Journal of Liberal Arts; Vol. 11 (2019) 2542-7741 2542-7733 10.26481/mjla.2019.v11 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2019 ftunimaastrichto https://doi.org/10.26481/mjla.2019.v11 2021-01-20T10:42:36Z Sweden portrays itself as a champion of human rights. Simultaneously, it violates the rights of its indigenous Saami population. To understand the dynamics of this duplicity, this interdisciplinary study explores how Saami identity is constructed and perceived in Swedish cultural memory. Avril Bell’s (2014) theory of thesettler imaginary is applied to analyse the narrative on Saami identity in Swedish school textbooks, legislation, political debates, and its historical context. The findings indicate that Saami identity, in Swedish cultural memory, has been constructed by Swedish settlers as authentic, static and incompatible with the majority of society. This image is perpetuated in the present day’s educational and political institutions. Implications of such an image are reflected in discrimination against the Saami. Article in Journal/Newspaper saami Maastricht University - Open Journals The Maastricht Journal of Liberal Arts 11 |
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Sweden portrays itself as a champion of human rights. Simultaneously, it violates the rights of its indigenous Saami population. To understand the dynamics of this duplicity, this interdisciplinary study explores how Saami identity is constructed and perceived in Swedish cultural memory. Avril Bell’s (2014) theory of thesettler imaginary is applied to analyse the narrative on Saami identity in Swedish school textbooks, legislation, political debates, and its historical context. The findings indicate that Saami identity, in Swedish cultural memory, has been constructed by Swedish settlers as authentic, static and incompatible with the majority of society. This image is perpetuated in the present day’s educational and political institutions. Implications of such an image are reflected in discrimination against the Saami. |
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Narratives of identity: Saami identity in the Swedish cultural memory |
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Narratives of identity: Saami identity in the Swedish cultural memory |
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