TY - BOOK ID - 31331650 TI - Saamentutkimus tänään AU - Seurujärvi-Kari, Irja. AU - Halinen, Petri. AU - Pulkkinen, Risto. PY - 2011 SN - 9522228362 9522222208 PB - Helsinki Finnish Literature Society / SKS DB - UniCat KW - Finland KW - Lappish (Sami) KW - Regional studies KW - Folklore, myths & legends KW - Indigenous peoples KW - Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:31331650 AB - Saamentutkimus tänään is an introduction to the Sámi studies, i.e. the scientific study of the Sámi people. It gives many-faceted basic information of the Sámi people and presents up-to-date views of the disciplines related to the Sámi studies, e.g. history, archeology, genetics, linguistics, comparative religion, folkloristics, ethnology etc. It provides scientifically based knowledge of the Sámi during the prehistory and pre-Christianity, dealing with reindeer herding, handicraft, the Sámi languages, Sámi literature and art and civil right questions, including participation in the international movement of the indigenous people. All the authors are eminent experts of their scholarly fields, and all the articles have been revised by the Academic representatives of the Sámi themselves ER -