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An Ancient Arctic Culture Struggling For Existence While Adjusting To A Modern Way Of Life: The Sami People Are The Indigenous Population Of The Northern Regions Of Fennoscandia, Representing Values That Have Made Them Survive For Thousands Of Years In A Harsh Northern Climate. Listen To The People's Own Voices Expressed Through Their Scholars' Investigations Into The Manifold Experiences Of An Ethnic Minority In The Welfare State Of Norway. This Collection Of Articles Covers A Wide Range Of Topics In Present-day Sami Life. It Deals With Some Of The Problematics Connected To The Modernization Of Traditional Livelihoods, Such As Reindeer Husbandry, And It Also Delves Into The Ever-returning Question Of How To Maintain The Identity Of A Threatened Minority, Especially Viewed As A Generational Matter. The New Role Of Education, Health Care, Mass Media And Literature Are Discussed, And Sami History Is Analyzed In A Frontier Perspective. All Of The Contributors, Except For One, Are Sami Themselves, A Fact That Should Vouch For An Active Involvement In The Topics Presented.--book Jacket. Introduction : Sami Culture In A New Era / Harald Gaski -- Ethno-political Development Among The Sami

Author

Harald Gaski, red

Publisher

Kárášjohka: Davvi Girji ; Seattle, WA: Distributed in North America by the University of Washington Press

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9788273743541

Subjects

Sociology, History, Science