The Not-Quite Child: Colonial Histories, Racialization and Swedish Exceptionalism (New Directions in Scandinavian Studies) - Softcover

Roos, Liina-ly

 
9780295753829: The Not-Quite Child: Colonial Histories, Racialization and Swedish Exceptionalism (New Directions in Scandinavian Studies)
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ISBN 10: 029575382X ISBN 13: 9780295753829
Verlag: University of Washington Press, 2025

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Examines Swedish depictions of childhood that expose the country's colonial past and racial hierarchies

Figures like Pippi Longstocking and Greta Thunberg exemplify an ideal mainstream Swedish childhood: they are autonomous, competent, and the voices of moral truths. In this innovative work, Liina-Ly Roos analyzes the figure of the “not-quite child”—children who, while appearing white, have been marginalized due to historical racialization and colonialism—to challenge this established ideal. Through analyses of films and literature that portray Indigenous Sámi, Tornedalian, and Finnish-speaking children, The Not-Quite Child reveals how these figures disrupt the normative understanding of growing up in Sweden. These cultural texts are filled with tensions of assimilation, invisibility, and the struggle to grow in a society that demands conformity to a specific “Swedishness.”

The children in these stories are both minoritized and, at the same time, have the privilege of passing, and share a long cultural history with and within the dominant culture. Through nuanced attention to these important narratives, The Not-Quite Child contributes to dialogue on the complexities of identity, race, and the hidden colonial legacies that continue to shape understandings of childhood in Sweden.

Open access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295753836

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Liina-Ly Roos is an assistant professor in the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+ at the University of Wisconsin—Madison.

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Verlag
University of Washington Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2025
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
029575382X
ISBN 13 
9780295753829
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181
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