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The Paradoxes of Interculturality
(2023)
Offering a unique reading experience, this book examines the epistemologies of interculturality and explores potential routes to review and revisit the notion anew.
Grounded in different sociocultural, economic and political ...
A Cultural Approach to Populism
(2022)
This book is a critical introduction of theorisations and research on contemporary political populism emphasising the cultural perspective. It introduces the basic theories and analyses the cultural construction of populism ...
Mysterious Minds
(2017)
This study examines the narrative tools, techniques, and structures that Marja-Liisa Vartio, a classic of Finnish post-war modernism, used in presenting fictional minds in her narrative prose. The study contributes to the ...
Genre - text - interpretation: Multidisciplinary perspectives on folklore and beyond
(2016)
"This book presents current discussions on the concept of genre. It introduces innovative, multidisciplinary approaches to contemporary and historical genres, their roles in cultural discourse, how they change, and their ...
Hidden rituals and public performances: Traditions and belonging among the post-Soviet Khanty, Komi and Udmurts
(2011)
Why are Khanty shamans still active? What are the folklore collectives of Komi? Why are the rituals of Udmurts performed at cultural festivals? In their insightful ethnographic study Anna-Leena Siikala and Oleg Ulyashev ...
White Field, black seeds: Nordic literacy practices in the long nineteenth century
(2013)
"White field, black seeds – who can sow? Although the riddle from which this these words are taken comes from oral tradition, it refers to the ability to write, a skill which in most Nordic countries was not regarded as ...
Changing Scenes: Encounters between European and Finnish Fin de Siècle
(2003)
"Six articles in Changing scenes represent the ongoing reassessment of fin de siècle literature in Finnish research. The period was seen in earlier research as something of a national renaissance or golden age and interpreted ...
Minimal reference: The use of pronouns in Finnish and Estonian discourse
(2005)
"This book presents some of the most recent research on Finnish and Estonian pronouns and other minimal forms of reference. The articles deal with features particular to the pronoun systems of Finnic languages, such as ...
Linking Clauses and Actions in Social Interaction
(2017)
"This volume concerns the ways in which verbal and non-verbal actions are combined and linked in a range of contexts in everyday conversation, in institutional contexts, and in written journalism. The volume includes an ...
Continued Violence and Troublesome Pasts: Post-war Europe between the Victors after the Second World War
(2017)
In most European countries, the horrific legacy of 1939–45 has made it quite difficult to remember the war with much glory. Despite the Anglo-American memory narrative of saving democracy from totalitarianism and the Soviet ...