Abstract
This chapter investigates whiteness in Finland and explores Nordic beliefs and values regarding race and racism against the ideology of Nordic nations as democratic societies. The chapter focuses on troubling normative ideas about Finland and the notion of Finnishness and interrogates how whiteness as property is produced and reproduced through popular visual culture. Contemporary art examples, as forms of visual culture, are explored through their possibilities to engage in a critical conversation on whiteness and ownership. The chapter concludes by tying together questions of possession, property, and ownership in Finland, and the politics of whiteness as the right of representation.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Palgrave Handbook of Race and the Arts in Education |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-319-65256-6 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-319-65255-9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| MoE publication type | A3 Book section, Chapters in research books |
Keywords
- Finland
- Nordic
- Whiteness
- Racism
- Popular visual culture
- Contemporary art