Changes in Film Representations of Sami Culture and Identity
My intention is to analyse changes in ideas and discursivestrategies in selected films from 1929 to 2007 as regardsrepresentations of Sami culture and Sami identity in Finnmark. In different ways the films indicate a conflict of cultures and point to problems of exploitation of indigenous peoples, w...
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ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/1346 2023-05-15T14:21:39+02:00 Changes in Film Representations of Sami Culture and Identity Skarðhamar, Anne Kari 2008-02-01 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/1346 https://doi.org/10.7557/13.1346 nor nor Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/1346/1281 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/1346 doi:10.7557/13.1346 Copyright (c) 2008 Anne Kari Skarðhamar http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Nordlit; No 23 (2008): Arctic Discourses; 293-303 Nordlit; Nr 23 (2008): Arctic Discourses; 293-303 1503-2086 0809-1668 Film samisk kultur samisk identitet Nils Gaup Per Høst Lajla Veiviseren Kautokeinoopprøret Nordic Colonialism info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed article Fagfellevurdert artikkel 2008 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/13.1346 2021-08-16T15:27:49Z My intention is to analyse changes in ideas and discursivestrategies in selected films from 1929 to 2007 as regardsrepresentations of Sami culture and Sami identity in Finnmark. In different ways the films indicate a conflict of cultures and point to problems of exploitation of indigenous peoples, which may be regarded as part of Nordic colonialism. The emphasis will be on Lajla (1929) and the prize-winningVeiviseren (1987). The story of the young girl Lajla is told from a non-Sami point-of-view, and the mode of representation of otherness is of importance. In 1937 an abbreviated version of Lajla by the same director was presented, and a comparison of the two versions will show changes in the representation of ethnicity. Per Høst's narrative documentaries Same-Jakki (1957) and SamiÆllin (1972), seen from an ethnic Norwegian perspective, will briefly be discussed and compared to the ideas and discourse in Lajla. The action film Veiviseren (The Guide) (1987) by Nils Gauprepresents a totally different perspective by focusing on power relations, religious attitudes and ethical values. The language of the film is Sami. Finally, Gaup's most recent film, Kautokeinoopprøret (Kautokeino riot) (2007), a narrative based on historical events, will be briefly discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Finnmark Kautokeino sami sami samisk Finnmark University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Kautokeino ENVELOPE(23.048,23.048,69.003,69.003) Nils ENVELOPE(48.017,48.017,-68.067,-68.067) Nordlit 12 1 293 |
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My intention is to analyse changes in ideas and discursivestrategies in selected films from 1929 to 2007 as regardsrepresentations of Sami culture and Sami identity in Finnmark. In different ways the films indicate a conflict of cultures and point to problems of exploitation of indigenous peoples, which may be regarded as part of Nordic colonialism. The emphasis will be on Lajla (1929) and the prize-winningVeiviseren (1987). The story of the young girl Lajla is told from a non-Sami point-of-view, and the mode of representation of otherness is of importance. In 1937 an abbreviated version of Lajla by the same director was presented, and a comparison of the two versions will show changes in the representation of ethnicity. Per Høst's narrative documentaries Same-Jakki (1957) and SamiÆllin (1972), seen from an ethnic Norwegian perspective, will briefly be discussed and compared to the ideas and discourse in Lajla. The action film Veiviseren (The Guide) (1987) by Nils Gauprepresents a totally different perspective by focusing on power relations, religious attitudes and ethical values. The language of the film is Sami. Finally, Gaup's most recent film, Kautokeinoopprøret (Kautokeino riot) (2007), a narrative based on historical events, will be briefly discussed. |
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Changes in Film Representations of Sami Culture and Identity |
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Septentrio Academic Publishing |
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https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/1346 https://doi.org/10.7557/13.1346 |
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ENVELOPE(23.048,23.048,69.003,69.003) ENVELOPE(48.017,48.017,-68.067,-68.067) |
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Nordlit; No 23 (2008): Arctic Discourses; 293-303 Nordlit; Nr 23 (2008): Arctic Discourses; 293-303 1503-2086 0809-1668 |
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