SHARAPENKOVA N., MASHAKOVA E. NORRBOTTEN AS THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING THE PHENOMENON OF SWEDISHNESS (A STUDY OF MIKAEL NIEMI’S NOVEL POPULAR MUSIC FROM VITTULA AND FREDRIK BACKMAN’S NOVEL BEARTOWN) // Studia Humanitatis Borealis. 2026. Vol. 1. № 1. P. 35‒40.
DOI: 10.15393/j12.art.2026.4324
Issue № 1
CULTURAL STUDIES
NORRBOTTEN AS THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING THE PHENOMENON OF SWEDISHNESS (A STUDY OF MIKAEL NIEMI’S NOVEL POPULAR MUSIC FROM VITTULA AND FREDRIK BACKMAN’S NOVEL BEARTOWN)
| SHARAPENKOVA Natalya | PhD in Philology, Head of the Department of German Philology and Scandinavian Studies, Petrozavodsk State University, Institute of Philology, Petrozavodsk, Russian Federation, natshar@mail.ru |
| MASHAKOVA Ekaterina | Master's student of the Department of Germanic Philology and Scandinavian Studies, Petrozavodsk State University, Institute of Philology, Petrozavodsk, Russian Federation, katyamashakova@mail.ru |
| Ключевые слова: Norrbotten North Swedishness self-identification Mikael Niemi Popular Music from Vittula Fredrik Backman Beartown hembygdslitteratur | Аннотация: The article aims to describe the characteristic features of the concept of “Swedishness” (from the Swedish term Svenskhet) found in works on sociology and cultural studies, that implies a special self-understanding of society, a manifestation of Swedish national identity, consisting of cultural experience, common history, and language. The article analyzes the authors’ perception of the image of the Swedish outback in Mikael Niemi’s novel Popular Music from Vittula (2000) and Fredrik Backman’s novel Beartown (2016). © Petrozavodsk State University |
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