Decolonising Medieval Fennoscandia
The interdisciplinary study investigates the relationship between Norse and Saami peoples in the medieval period and focuses on the multifaceted portrayal of Saami peoples in medieval texts. The investigative analysis is anchored in postcolonial methodologies and argues for the inherent need to decolonise the medieval source-material as well as recent historiography. This is achieved by presenting the historiographic and political background of research into Norse-Saami relations, before introducing an overview of textual sources discussing Saami peoples from the classical period to the late 1400s, an analysis of the textual motifs associated with the Saami in medieval literature (their relevance and prevalence), geo-political affairs, trading relations, personal relations and Saami presence in the south. By using decolonising tools to read Norse-Saami relations in medieval texts, influenced by archaeological material and postcolonial frameworks, the study challenges lingering colonial assumptions about the role of the Saami in Norse society. The current research episteme is re-adjusted to offer alternative readings of Saami characters and emphasis is put on agency, fluidity and the dynamic realities of the Saami medieval pasts.
Autor: | Wang, Solveig Marie |
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ISBN: | 9783111624778 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Verlag: | De Gruyter |
Veröffentlicht: | 04.11.2024 |
Untertitel: | An Interdisciplinary Study of Norse-Saami Relations in the Medieval Period |
Schlagworte: | Altnordisch Europäische Geschichte: Mittelalter HIS000000 HISTORY / General HIS037010 HISTORY / Medieval LIT000000 LITERARY CRITICISM / General LIT004250 LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Scandinavian LIT011000 LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval Literary studies: post-colonial literature Literature: history & criticism Literaturwissenschaft: Antike und Mittelalter Medieval European archaeology Medieval History Middle Ages Mittelalter National liberation & independence, post-colonialism Northern Literature Paperback Project Postcolonialism Postkolonialismus REL000000 RELIGION / General Saami Scandinavia Skandinavien Skandinavien+Literatur Social & cultural history |
Solveig Wang , University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.