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Record Nr.

UNINA9910153744903321

Autore

Weckström Lotta

Titolo

Representations of Finnishness in Sweden / / Lotta Weckström

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Helsinki : , : Finnish Literature Society / SKS, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

9789522224088

9789522227591

9789522223265

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 pages)

Collana

Open Access e-Book

Knowledge Unlatched

Studia Fennica Linguistica ; ; 16

Disciplina

305.894510485

Soggetti

Finns - Sweden

Minorities - Sweden

Children of immigrants - Sweden

Finnish language - Sweden

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A digital edition of a printed book first published in 2011 by the Finnish Literature Society"--Copyright page.

Sommario/riassunto

"More than half a million Swedes - one in twenty - is of Finnish descent. This book explores Finnishness, multilingualism and identities of young people with Finnish background in Sweden. What does it mean to grow up in a Finnish family in Sweden? Who are 'real Finns' and what does it take to be(come) one? Is a shared minority language essential for the survival of the minority, or can a minority culture stay viable without it? What is Finnishness and who, in the end, can define ethnicity? How to make sense of, and how to present interviews that are rich with imitations of accents, jokes and laughter? Representations of Finnishness is Sweden is an ethnographic interview study in the domain of applied language studies. This book is aimed at readers interested in sociolinguistics, linguistic ethnography, and the study of identities. Interviewees' voices take a central position in this book and interview



excerpts are used not only as illustrations, but also serve as starting points for discussing broader theoretical concepts. The author, Dr. Lotta Weckström, grew up bilingual - Finnish and Swedish - in Finland. She studied linguistics and migration studies in Germany and the Netherlands, and in this longitudinal study encompasses her expertise."