| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 258 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Papers from a conference held in Iowa City, Iowa, in May 1987. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
Forms of production and fishing expertise / E. Paul Durrenberger and Gísli Pálsson -- Idea of mystical power in modern Iceland / Darryl Wieland -- Hunter and the animal / Haraldur Ólafsson -- Problems and prospects in the study of icelandic kinship / George W. Rich -- Outside, muted, and different : Icelandic women's movements and their notions of authority and cultural separateness / Sigríður Dúna Kristmundsdóttir -- Public view and private voices / Inga Dóra Björnsdóttir -- Language and society : the ethnolinguistics of Icelanders / Gísli Pálsson -- Work and the identity of the poor : work load, work discipline, and self-respect / Finnur Magnússon -- Adaption to an ethnic structure : the urban Icelandic-Canadians of Winnipeg / John S. Matthiasson -- Regional archaeological research in Iceland : potentials and possibilities / Kevin P. Smith and Jeffrey R. Parsons -- Contributions to the zooarchaeology of Iceland : some preliminary notes / Thomas Amorosi -- Anthropological perspectives on the commonwealth period / E. Paul Durrenberger. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ethnology -- Iceland -- Congresses.
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Ethnology. |
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Iceland. |
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Iceland -- Social life and customs -- Congresses.
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Manners and customs. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Durrenberger, E. Paul, 1943-
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Gísli Pálsson, 1949-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Anthropology of Iceland. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1995 087745499X |
| ISBN |
1587290553 (electronic book) |
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9781587290558 (electronic book) |
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087745499X |
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