Exotic and Primitive Lapland

• Published in: Nordlit
• Main Author: Hiltunen, Kaisa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2019
• Subjects: Finnisches Kino; Lappland; Lappland-Filme; der/die/das Andere; Othering; Exotisierung; Die Erde ist unser sündiges Lied (1973); Finnish cinema; Lapland; Lapland films; the Other; exoticism; The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973); finsk kino; filmer om Lappland; den Andre; eksotisering; Jorden er en syndefull sang (1973); Lied
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/5006; https://doi.org/10.7557/13.5006

This article contributes to postcolonial cultural criticism by analyzing how since the 1920s, Lapland and its residents have been portrayed as exotic Others in Finnish feature films that are set in Lapland. The roots of the othering of Lapland go back to the nationalist aspirations of the Finns. The...