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  • Finnishness, Whiteness and Coloniality

    Josephine Hoegaerts, Tuire Liimatainen, Laura Hekanaho, Elizabeth Peterson (eds.)

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    This multidisciplinary volume reflects the shifting experiences and framings of Finnishness and its relation to race and coloniality. The authors centre their investigations on whiteness and unravel the cultural myth of a normative Finnish (white) ethnicity. Rather than presenting a unified definition for whiteness, the book gives space to the different understandings and analyses of its authors. This collection of case-studies illuminates how Indigenous and ethnic minorities have participated in defining notions of Finnishness, how historical and recent processes of migration have challenged the traditional conceptualisations of the nation-state and its population, and how imperial relationships have contributed to a complex set of discourses on Finnish compliance and identity.

    With an aim to question and problematise what may seem self-evident aspects of Finnish life and Finnishness, expert voices join together to offer (counter) perspectives on how Finnishness is constructed and perceived. Scholars from cultural studies, history, sociology, linguistics, genetics, among others, address four main topics: 1) Imaginations of Finnishness, including perceived physical characteristics of Finnish people; 2) Constructions of whiteness, entailing studies of those who do and do not pass as white; 3) Representations of belonging and exclusion, making up of accounts of perceptions of what it means to be ‘Finnish’; and 4) Imperialism and colonisation, including what might be considered uncomfortable or even surprising accounts of inclusion and exclusion in the Finnish context.

    This volume takes a first step in opening up a complex set of realities that define Finland’s changing role in the world and as a home to diverse populations.

    Josephine Hoegaerts is Associate Professor of European Studies at the University of Helsinki and principal investigator of CALLIOPE: Vocal Articulations of Parliamentary Identity and Empire. Her research has focused on modern histories of nation-building, masculinity, and vocal practices of power and politics.

    Tuire Liimatainen is a PhD student in Area and Cultural Studies at the University of Helsinki, with a specialisation in Nordic Studies. Her research interests center broadly on questions of migration, national minorities and ethnicity in the Nordic region, as well as language, culture, and new media.

    Laura Hekanaho is a postdoctoral researcher in Applied Linguistics at the University of Jyväskylä. Her research focuses on the relationship between language, gender, and identity.

    Elizabeth Peterson is University Lecturer in the Department of Languages at the University of Helsinki. She conducts research on language contact and language attitudes, including attitudes and ideologies about English.

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    Book Reviews (2):

      Review from 20 Dec 2023: Elore Vol 30 Nro 2 (2023)
      Kirja-arvio: Suomen koloniaalin osallisuuden kontekstit haltuun

      Lotta Leiwo

      Summary: Teoksen toimittajat esittävät perustellusti, että valkoisuuden purkua ja dekolonisaatiota tarvitaan sekä tutkimuksen tekemisessä että laajemminkin yliopistomaailmassa.

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      Review from 20 Nov 2023: Migration-Muuttoliike, 49(2), 63–64
      Book review: Finnishness, Whiteness and Coloniality

      Samira Saramo

      Summary: Collectively, the contributions well represent the kinds of important and innovative multidisciplinary research currently being conducted on Finnish racial, ethnic, and colonial entanglements. -- As such, this book has the potential to make readers think about everyday situations in important new ways.

      Read the full review here



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    How to cite this book
    Hoegaerts, J et al. (eds.) 2022. Finnishness, Whiteness and Coloniality. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33134/HUP-17
    Hoegaerts, J., Liimatainen, T., Hekanaho, L. and Peterson, E., 2022. Finnishness, Whiteness and Coloniality. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33134/HUP-17
    Hoegaerts, J, et al.. Finnishness, Whiteness and Coloniality. Helsinki University Press, 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33134/HUP-17
    Hoegaerts, J., Liimatainen, T., Hekanaho, L., & Peterson, E. (2022). Finnishness, Whiteness and Coloniality. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33134/HUP-17
    Hoegaerts, Josephine, Tuire Liimatainen, Laura Hekanaho, and Elizabeth Peterson. 2022. Finnishness, Whiteness and Coloniality. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33134/HUP-17




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    Published on Aug. 22, 2022

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    English

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    373

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    https://doi.org/10.33134/HUP-17



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