The Sámi people
Subtitle: traditions in transition
By: Veli-Pekka Lehtola ; translated by Linna Weber Müller-Wille
Edition: Rev. 2nd ed
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Fairbanks
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Sami (European people)
Work titles: Saamelaiset.
Description: "Sami culture has undergone powerful changes recently. Traditions have been integrated with contemporary influences and perspectives. New kinds of Sami participation and activism have evolved including innovative politics informative media, expressive art and literature. Accommodating internal and external changes is nothing novel to the Sami. The dialogue between what is traditional and what is modern is a natural part of their development towards the maintenance of Sami cultural distinctness."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-139) and index
Table of contents: title: Multifaceted Sápmi; title: Milestones of Sámi history; title: Participants in modern society; title: Sámi art : new and old limits; title: Nils Aslak Valkeapää's two lives