The article focuses on the ways that popular songs printed in chapbooks and folk songs called rekilaulu were discussed in Finnish newspapers, magazines and fiction from the 1870s to the 1910s. Time after time, it was argued that popular songs corrupt the sense of proper (folk) poetry or arouse and titillate (wrong) sentiments: songs of courtship lead to immorality and those on famous villains enhance criminality. This kind of criticism, espoused by the educated Fennoman elite and “enlightened” peasants, had its roots in the nation building project that included a strong emphasis on popular education. The desire to have an effect on popular taste led to highly affective discussions. However, the views of self-taught authors were more positiv...
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The article examines how Finnish-speaking male folk writers wrote about their adulterine background....
In this article, we analyse how participation and agency in the youth movements of the late 60s and ...
”O Jumalan Karitza”: On the Nineteenth Century Pietistic Broadside Hymn This article deals with a p...
The Kalevala metre is an old poetic idiom of Finnic oral cultures. It has been estimated that the me...
Kirjallisuuden kansallisromanttisessa suomalaisuus-projektissa luotiin Suomelle kansallismaisema ja ...
In the late 19th century and early 20th century, the aim of the Finnish (upper- and middle-class) wo...
This article focuses on Yrjö Karilas (1891–1982) who was a Finnish teacher, youth worker and a write...
Tarkastelemme artikkelissamme 2010-luvun keskustelun kautta reflektoiden suomalaisen saamelaiskuvan ...
Tarkastelemme artikkelissamme 2010-luvun keskustelun kautta reflektoiden suomalaisen saamelaiskuvan ...
The article analyses one poem, compiled by Elias Lönnrot for the lyrical collection Kanteletar (1949...
The article studies the process of domesticating ethnomusicology as a research field in Finland in t...
Modernisaatio ymmärretään usein edistykselliseksi, eteenpäin katsovaksi projektiksi. Sillä oli kuite...
Religious music as part of Finnish elementary school activities has been talked about extensively in...
Laughing Spectres and Other Repulsive Figures, or, How to Write Queer Literary History What exactly...
The article analyses the themes of growth and transnationality in the two memoirs by Juhani Konkka,t...
The article examines how Finnish-speaking male folk writers wrote about their adulterine background....
In this article, we analyse how participation and agency in the youth movements of the late 60s and ...
”O Jumalan Karitza”: On the Nineteenth Century Pietistic Broadside Hymn This article deals with a p...
The Kalevala metre is an old poetic idiom of Finnic oral cultures. It has been estimated that the me...
Kirjallisuuden kansallisromanttisessa suomalaisuus-projektissa luotiin Suomelle kansallismaisema ja ...
In the late 19th century and early 20th century, the aim of the Finnish (upper- and middle-class) wo...
This article focuses on Yrjö Karilas (1891–1982) who was a Finnish teacher, youth worker and a write...
Tarkastelemme artikkelissamme 2010-luvun keskustelun kautta reflektoiden suomalaisen saamelaiskuvan ...
Tarkastelemme artikkelissamme 2010-luvun keskustelun kautta reflektoiden suomalaisen saamelaiskuvan ...
The article analyses one poem, compiled by Elias Lönnrot for the lyrical collection Kanteletar (1949...
The article studies the process of domesticating ethnomusicology as a research field in Finland in t...
Modernisaatio ymmärretään usein edistykselliseksi, eteenpäin katsovaksi projektiksi. Sillä oli kuite...
Religious music as part of Finnish elementary school activities has been talked about extensively in...
Laughing Spectres and Other Repulsive Figures, or, How to Write Queer Literary History What exactly...