The Sami Peoples of the North

A Social and Cultural History

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Kent Neil

Verlag:

Hurst Publishers

Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: 74D8G92

EAN: 9781787380318

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Beschreibung

There is no single volume that encompasses an integrated social and cultural history of the Sá-(c) people from the Nordic countries and northwestern Russia. Neil Kent's book fills this lacuna. In the first instance, he considers how the Sá-(c) homeland is defined: its geography, climate, and early contact with other peoples. He then moves on to its early chronicles and the onset of colonisation, which changed Sá-(c) life profoundly over the last millennium. Thereafter, the nature of Sá-(c) ethnicity is examined, in the context of the peoples among whom the Sá-(c) increasingly lived, as well as the growing intrusions of the states who claimed sovereignty over them. The Soviet gulag, the Lapland War and increasing urbanisation all impacted upon Sá-(c) life. Religion, too, played an important role from pre-historic times, with their pantheon of gods and sacred sites, to their Christianisation. In the late twentieth century there has been an increasing symbiosis of ancient Sá-(c) spiritual practice with Christianity. Recently the intrusions of the logging and nuclear industries, as well as tourism have come to redefine Sá-(c) society and culture. Even the meaning of who exactly is a Sá-(c) is scrutinised, at a time when some intermarry and yet return to Sá-(c), where their children maintain their Sá-(c) identity.

Spezifikationen

Sprache

Englisch

Autor

Kent Neil

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Format

Buch (Softcover)