Images of Contemporary Iceland: Everyday Lives and Global Contexts - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0877455287 ISBN 13: 9780877455288

Publisher: University Of Iowa Press, 1996

Synopsis

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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Review:

“...this book succeeds admirably in its primary goal: to introduce current work on an anthropologically little-known area, and thereby, as the editors put it, to 'advance an understanding of Iceland's people and the practice of anthropology.'”—American Ethnologist

“...thoughtful and well presented and written...a great asset for anyone interested in Icelandic society and culture...a pioneering work on the anthropology of Iceland, dealing both with contemporary and historical issues.”—Ethnos

About this edition

• Publisher: University Of Iowa Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0877455287
• ISBN 13: 9780877455288
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 285
• Editor: Palsson Gisli, Durrenberger E. Paul