Diasporic Indigeneity and Storytelling Across Media: A Case Study of Narratives of Early Twentieth Century Sámi Immigrant Women

• Main Author: Jensen, Ellen Marie
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Humanities: 000::Cultural science: 060; VDP::Humaniora: 000::Kulturvitenskap: 060; VDP::Humanities: 000::Literary disciplines: 040; VDP::Humaniora: 000::Litteraturvitenskapelige fag: 040; VDP::Humanities: 000::History: 070; VDP::Humaniora: 000::Historie: 070; VDP::Humanities: 000::The study of folklore; Ethnology: 100; VDP::Humaniora: 000::Folkloristikk; etnologi: 100; VDP::Humanities: 000::History: 070::Women's history: 073; VDP::Humaniora: 000::Historie: 070::Kvinnehistorie: 073; DOKTOR-001; Finnes; Kvinnenes; samisk
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/15353

Through a case study of narratives of five Sámi immigrant women from the Norwegian side of Sápmi, the study theorizes migration and subsequent Sámi American subjectivity through the emerging concept of diasporic indigeneity. Familial material culture and artistic and textual production are significa...