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Images of Contemporary Iceland: Everyday Lives and Global Contexts

By Gisli Palsson , E. Paul Durrenberger

Book information

Publisher
University Of Iowa Press
Year
1996
ISBN
9780877455288, 9781587291777, 0877455287
LCC
DL331 .I43 1996
Open Library ID
OL798851M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
784 kB (802873 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
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Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

The Anthropology of Iceland presents the first perspectives on Icelandic anthropology from both Icelandic and foreign anthropologists. The thirteen essays in this volume are divided into four themes: ideology and action; kinship and gender; culture, class, and ethnicity; and the Commonwealth period of circa 930 to 1220, which saw the flowering of sagas. Insider and outsider viewpoints on such topics as the Icelandic women's movement, the transformation of the fishing industry, the idea of mystical power in modern Iceland, and archaeological research in Iceland merge to form an international, comparative discourse.Individually and collectively, by bringing the insights of anthropology to bear on Iceland, the native and foreign authors of this volume carry Iceland into the realm of modern anthropology, advancing our understanding of the island's people and the practice of anthropology.

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