The Sami are Europe s only recognized indigenous people living
across regions of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Russian Kola
peninsula. The subjects of a history of Christianization, land
dispossession, and cultural assimilation, the Sami have through
their self-organization since World War II worked towards Sami
political self-determination across the Nordic states and helped
forge a global indigenous community. Accompanying this process was
the emergence of a Sami music scene, in which the revival of the
distinct and formerly suppressed unaccompanied vocal tradition of
joik was central. Through joiking with instrumental accompaniment,
incorporating joik into forms of popular music, performing on stage
and releasing recordings, Sami musicians have played a key role in
articulating a Sami identity, strengthening Sami languages, and
reviving a nature-based cosmology. Thomas Hilder offers the first
book-length study of this diverse and dynamic music scene and its
intersection with the politics of indigeneity. Based on extensive
ethnographic research, Hilder provides portraits of numerous Sami
musicians, studies the significance of Sami festivals, analyzes the
emergence of a Sami recording industry, and examines musical
projects and cultural institutions that have sought to strengthen
the transmission of Sami music. Through his engaging narrative,
Hilder discusses a wide range of issues revival, sovereignty, time,
environment, repatriation and cosmopolitanism to highlight the
myriad ways in which Sami musical performance helps shape notions
of national belonging, transnational activism, and processes of
democracy in the Nordic peninsula. Sami Musical Performance and the
Politics of Indigeneity in Northern Europe will not only appeal to
enthusiasts of Nordic music, but, by drawing on current
interdisciplinary debates, will also speak to a wider audience
interested in the interplay of music and politics. Unearthing the
challenges, contradictions and potentials presented by
international indigenous politics, Hilder demonstrates the
significance of this unique musical scene for the wider cultural
and political transformations in twenty-first century Europe and
global modernity."
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