ISBN:
9780857456670
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (162 p)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Paralleltitel:
Print version Bridging Divides : Ethno-Political Leadership among the Russian Sámi
DDC:
305.89/4576
Schlagwort(e):
Sami (European people) - Russia (Federation) - Social conditions
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
The Sámi are a Northern indigenous people whose land, Sápmi, covers territory in Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden. For the Nordic Sámi, the last decades of the 20th century saw their indigenous rights partially recognized, a cultural and linguistic revival and the establishment of Sámi parliaments. The Russian Sámi, however, did not have the same opportunities and were isolated behind the closed border until the dissolution of the Soviet Union. This book examines the following two decades and the Russian Sámi's attempt to achieve a linguistic revival, to mend the Cold War scars, and to es
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Contents; Tables; Acknowledgements; Maps; Transcription; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Who Are the Russian Sámi?; Chapter 3 - Lost Land, Broken Culture?; Chapter 4 - Language Revival; Chapter 5 - Educational Reorientation; Chapter 6 - Political Representation; Chapter 7 - Conclusions; Appendix 1 - Glossary and Abbreviations; Appendix 2 - Sámi Population Estimates; Appendix 3 - Nuclear Bomb Testing on the Kola Peninsula; Appendix 4 - Interethnic Relations; Appendix 5 - Language; Appendix 6 - Three Intertwined Social Problems; Appendix 7 - The Complexity of Ethnic Identity; Bibliography
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Index
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