Rethinking cultural appropriation in YA literature through Sámi and arctic pedagogies

• Main Authors: Manderstedt, L. (Lena), Palo, A. (Annbritt), Kokkola, L. (Lydia)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2020
• Subjects: Arctic pedagogy; Cultural appropriation; Swedish YA novels; Sámi; Sámi pedagogy; Arctic; Endeavour; Idijärvi
• Online Access: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2021102552170

Abstract This article highlights cultural appropriation in the literary representation of the Sámi (the indigenous people of the European Arctic) in two Swedish YA series: the Soppero quartet by the Sámi author Ann-Helén Laestadius, and the Idijärvi trilogy by Charlotte Cederlund, a non-Sámi writer....