Images of the North : Histories - Identities - Ideas.

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 myt...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jakobsson, Sverrir
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2009.
Colección:Studia Imagologica, 14
Temas:
National characteristics > History.
Caractéristiques nationales > Histoire.
Literature
Manners and customs
National characteristics
Arctic regions > History.
Arctic regions > In literature.
Arctic regions > Social life and customs.
Arctique > Histoire.
Arctique > Dans la littérature.
Arctique > Mœurs et coutumes.
Arctic Regions
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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 especia.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (293 pages)
ISBN:9789042029064
9042029064

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