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    • “Everybody recognized that we were not white”. Sami identity politics in Finland, 1945-1990 

      Nyyssönen, Jukka (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2007-09-07)
      The theme of the thesis is the identity politics of the Sami movement in Finland between 1945-1990. The focus is on developments in the representational strategies of the Sami elite, which evolved from threatened Sami culture via modernising Sami to the most obvious loan from the Indigenous Peoples’ Movement, the “natural people” imagery. The political space underwent profound changes in the 1970s. ...
    • Fortellinger i nordnorsk minoritetshistorie 

      Ryymin, Teemu; Nyyssönen, Jukka (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Den norske historieskrivingen om samene og kvenene har fra 1970-tallet av vært preget av skiftende måter å fortelle om disse store nordlige etniske minoritetenes historie. I denne artikkelen diskuterer vi hvilke fortellingsmønstre som har preget den norske historieskrivingen om samene og kvenene, og hva slags betydning de ulike fortellingsmønstrene kan sies å ha hatt. Vi identifiserer tre forte ...
    • German and Austrian occupant literature on the Sami in Norway and Lapland – “Harmless” minority, a resource, and well-off “reindeer kings” 

      Nyyssönen, Jukka (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      In previous research on the history of the Second World War in Finland and Norway, relations between the German and Austrian occupying forces and the Sami people have generally been considered to be good. The occupant gaze upon the Sami has been interpreted as exoticizing and “touristic”. Historical encounters and the Sami position in the literary discourse are discussed and explained in this article, ...