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Title Images of the North : histories, identities, ideas / edited by Sverrir Jakobsson.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (292 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Studia Imagologica ; 14
Studia imagologica ; 14.
Note "The articles here were among a selection of papers given at the conference 'Images of the North. Histories--Identities--Ideas' which was held in Reykjavik, Iceland in February 24-26 2006"--Page [7].
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "This interdisciplinary volume seeks to examine and explore the various issues surrounding image construction, identity making and representations of the North, as well as the interconnectedness between those issues. The aim is to elucidate the multiple aspects of the idea of the North, both as a mythological space and a discursive system created and shaped by cultures outside the North as well as from within. The objective of the research project Iceland and Images of the North is to elucidate several aspects of images of the North and to explore their functions in the present, focusing especially on Iceland. What effect have Iceland and its people had on images of the North, and how do those images influence the Icelanders and other nations? The project will be a cooperative, interdisciplinary undertaking by researchers in the humanities and social sciences"--Provided by publisher.
Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; Foreword; Images of the North: Address by the President of Iceland; The Theory of Climate and the North in Anglophone Literatures; Canada and its Images of North; Food and the North-Icelandic Identity in 13th century Iceland and Norway; People and Place in the Far North: A Vision of Life, Community and Change; Of Whales and Men: Images of Iceland and the North Atlantic in Contemporary Whaling Politics; Images of Thule: Maps and Metaphors in Polar Exploration; Geared for the Sublime: Mobile Images of the North.
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Subject Arctic regions -- Civilization -- Congresses.
Arctic Regions.
Civilization.
National characteristics, Icelandic -- Congresses.
National characteristics, Icelandic.
Arctic regions -- Social life and customs -- Congresses.
Manners and customs.
Arctic regions -- In literature -- Congresses.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Sverrir Jakobsson, 1970-
Other Form: Print version: Images of the North. Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2009 9789042025288 (OCoLC)310157563
ISBN 9781441606600 (electronic book)
1441606602 (electronic book)
9789042029064 (electronic book)
9042029064 (electronic book)
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9789042025288
9789042025288 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
904202528X (paperback ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 9789042025288