Tiskin takana : Kauppiaselämäkerrat maaseudun murroksen kuvaajina
In the present study, I examine countryside shopkeepers’ everyday life in the Kainuu province based on their perception of their work. I examine the shopkeepers’ work and work strategies under social crisis in the Kainuu countryside from the 1940s to the end of the 1970s with a special focus on smal...
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/318378 2023-08-20T04:08:44+02:00 Tiskin takana : Kauppiaselämäkerrat maaseudun murroksen kuvaajina Kurkinen, Liisa Korkiakangas, Pirjo University of Helsinki, Faculty of Arts Doctoral Programme in History and Cultural Heritage Helsingin yliopisto, humanistinen tiedekunta Historian ja kulttuuriperinnön tohtoriohjelma Helsingfors universitet, humanistiska fakulteten Doktorandprogrammet i historia och kulturarv Olsson, Pia 2020-08-18T07:49:27Z application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/318378 fin fin Helsingin yliopisto Helsingfors universitet University of Helsinki URN:ISBN:978-952-6655-17-8 Helsinki: Suomen Muinaismuistoyhdistys, 2020, Kansatieteellinen Arkisto. 0355-1830 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/318378 URN:ISBN:978-952-6655-18-5 Julkaisu on tekijänoikeussäännösten alainen. Teosta voi lukea ja tulostaa henkilökohtaista käyttöä varten. Käyttö kaupallisiin tarkoituksiin on kielletty. This publication is copyrighted. You may download, display and print it for Your own personal use. Commercial use is prohibited. Publikationen är skyddad av upphovsrätten. Den får läsas och skrivas ut för personligt bruk. Användning i kommersiellt syfte är förbjuden. kansatiede Text Doctoral dissertation (monograph) Monografiaväitöskirja Monografiavhandling doctoralThesis 2020 ftunivhelsihelda 2023-07-28T06:31:58Z In the present study, I examine countryside shopkeepers’ everyday life in the Kainuu province based on their perception of their work. I examine the shopkeepers’ work and work strategies under social crisis in the Kainuu countryside from the 1940s to the end of the 1970s with a special focus on small entrepreneurs. At the same time, the study sheds light on the social reality and way of life in the Kainuu village communities during the period. Biographical interviews that were collected in 1996 form my primary study material. They give voice to the generation of shopkeepers’, who struggled through the greatest changes in retail trade in recent history. The key experience of the interviewees is the rapid crisis that the Finnish countryside experienced after World War II. Structural change in the countryside, and its economical and social crisis, which took place in Eastern and Northern Finland in particular, become emphasized in the work-focused biographical narratives analysed in the present study. By examining community members’ experiences, cultural habits and their capacity to influence their own conditions, one may see the impact of structural change on individuals and communities – how an individual is formed and reformed in active interaction with the social structure. This approach aids in understanding the kind of resources and strategies that individuals had at their disposal when trying to cope with the changes in their social environment. Countryside shops were symbols of the flourishing post-war countryside. Shopkeepers naturally played a vital role in delivering goods within village communities. In addition, they served important social, psychological and economic roles within the communities – the shops were simultaneously centres of social life in the villages. The decision to become a shopkeeper was often influenced by many factors. According to the narratives, women had difficulties – especially in the beginning of their careers – in working on equal terms with men in an occupation perceived as ... Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Northern Finland Helsingfors Universitet: HELDA – Helsingin yliopiston digitaalinen arkisto Kainuu ENVELOPE(28.000,28.000,66.000,66.000) |
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In the present study, I examine countryside shopkeepers’ everyday life in the Kainuu province based on their perception of their work. I examine the shopkeepers’ work and work strategies under social crisis in the Kainuu countryside from the 1940s to the end of the 1970s with a special focus on small entrepreneurs. At the same time, the study sheds light on the social reality and way of life in the Kainuu village communities during the period. Biographical interviews that were collected in 1996 form my primary study material. They give voice to the generation of shopkeepers’, who struggled through the greatest changes in retail trade in recent history. The key experience of the interviewees is the rapid crisis that the Finnish countryside experienced after World War II. Structural change in the countryside, and its economical and social crisis, which took place in Eastern and Northern Finland in particular, become emphasized in the work-focused biographical narratives analysed in the present study. By examining community members’ experiences, cultural habits and their capacity to influence their own conditions, one may see the impact of structural change on individuals and communities – how an individual is formed and reformed in active interaction with the social structure. This approach aids in understanding the kind of resources and strategies that individuals had at their disposal when trying to cope with the changes in their social environment. Countryside shops were symbols of the flourishing post-war countryside. Shopkeepers naturally played a vital role in delivering goods within village communities. In addition, they served important social, psychological and economic roles within the communities – the shops were simultaneously centres of social life in the villages. The decision to become a shopkeeper was often influenced by many factors. According to the narratives, women had difficulties – especially in the beginning of their careers – in working on equal terms with men in an occupation perceived as ... |
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Korkiakangas, Pirjo University of Helsinki, Faculty of Arts Doctoral Programme in History and Cultural Heritage Helsingin yliopisto, humanistinen tiedekunta Historian ja kulttuuriperinnön tohtoriohjelma Helsingfors universitet, humanistiska fakulteten Doktorandprogrammet i historia och kulturarv Olsson, Pia |
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Julkaisu on tekijänoikeussäännösten alainen. Teosta voi lukea ja tulostaa henkilökohtaista käyttöä varten. Käyttö kaupallisiin tarkoituksiin on kielletty. This publication is copyrighted. You may download, display and print it for Your own personal use. Commercial use is prohibited. Publikationen är skyddad av upphovsrätten. Den får läsas och skrivas ut för personligt bruk. Användning i kommersiellt syfte är förbjuden. |
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