Sámi art and aesthetics : contemporary perspectives / edited by Svein Aamold ; with Elin Haugdal and Ulla Angkjær Jørgensen ; afterword by Ruth B. Phillips.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aamold, Svein, editor.

Haugdal, Elin, editor.

Jørgensen, Ulla Angkjær, editor.

Phillips, Ruth B. (Ruth Bliss), 1945- writer of afterword.

Lawrence H. Herring Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Sami.

Folk art, Sami.

Physical Description:

347 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Aarhus : Aarhus University Press, [2017]

Summary:

During the last five decades we have witnessed an increase in activity among artists identifying themselves as Sámi, the only recognised indigenous people of Scandinavia. At the same time, art and duodji (traditional Sámi art and craft) have been organized and institutionalized, not least by the Sámi artists themselves. 'Sámi Art and Aesthetics' discusses and highlights these developments and places them in historical and contemporary contexts for an international audience. At stake are complex, changing terms regarding the creative and the political agencies. The question is not how indigeneity, identity, people, art, duodji, and aesthetics correspond to conventional Western ideas, rather it is how they interact with the Sámi and their neighƯbouring cultures and societies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lawrence H. Herring Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9788771842524

8771842527

OCLC:

1002837107