Publications
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Her Own Worth: Negotiations of Subjectivity in the Life Narrative of a Female Labourer
(2014)
"In this study, I examine the life narrative of a female factory labourer, Elsa Koskinen (née Kiikkala, born in 1927). I analyze her account of her experiences related to work, class and gender because I seek to gain a ...
Divine Rulers in a Secular State
(2016)
The divine kingship and chiefship of the Asante people of central Ghana have been undergoing a shift towards secularization since the start of the colonial era. Timo Kallinen maintains that a ...
Spreading the Written Word
(2015)
The Protestant Reformation began in Germany in 1517, and the adoption of Lutheranism was the decisive impetus for literary development in Finland. As the Reformation required the use of the vernacular in services and ...
Identities in Practice: A Trans-Atlantic Ethnography of Sikh immigrants in Finland and in California
(2013)
"Identities in Practice draws a nuanced picture of how the experience of migration affects the process through which Sikhs in Finland and California negotiate their identities. What makes this study innovative with regard ...
Novel Districts: Critical Readings of Monika Fagerholm
(2016)
"Finland-Swedish writer Monika Fagerholm is one of the most important contemporary Nordic authors. Her experimental, puzzling and daring novels, such as Underbara kvinnor vid vatten (1994) and Den amerikanska flickan (2004), ...
Kieli ja eläin
(2021)
Aseveljien tulkit
(2023)
This volume looks at the Finnish-German military alliance (1941–1944) as a translation zone – a multilingual network of military, administrative and civilian encounters that was held together by linguistically versed ...
Väyrysen ja Kääriäisen korkean profiilin aika 1981‒1991
(2023)
The Centre Party of Finland was represented in almost all cabinets for decades, and it often held the post of prime minister during the reign of President Urho Kekkonen. When Kekkonen’s deteriorating health forced him to ...