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The Sami Peoples of the North: A Social and Cultural History

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There’s no single volume that encompasses an integrated social and cultural history of the Sámi people from the Nordic countries and northwestern Russia. Neil Kent’s book fills this lacuna. Within the first instance, he considers how the Sámi place of birth is defined: its geography, climate, and early contact with other peoples. He then moves on to its early chronicles and the onset of colonisation, which changed Sámi life profoundly over the past millennium. Thereafter, the character of Sámi ethnicity is examined, Within the context of the peoples among whom the Sámi increasingly more lived, in addition to the growing intrusions of the states who claimed sovereignty over them. The Soviet gulag, the Lapland War and increasing urbanisation all impacted upon Sámi life. Religion, too, played crucial role from pre-historic times, with their pantheon of gods and sacred sites, to their Christianisation. Within the late twentieth century there was an increasing symbiosis of ancient Sámi spiritual practice with Christianity. Recently the intrusions of the logging and nuclear industries, in addition to tourism have come to redefine Sámi society and culture. Even the meaning of who exactly is a Sámi is scrutinised, at a time when some intermarry and yet return to Sámi, where their children care for their Sámi identity.

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