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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sverrir Jakobsson, 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2009.
Colección:Studia imagologica ; 14.
Temas:
National characteristics, Icelandic > Congresses.
Islandais > Congrès.
HISTORY.
Civilization
Literature
Manners and customs
National characteristics, Icelandic
Arctic regions > Civilization > Congresses.
Arctic regions > Social life and customs > Congresses.
Arctic regions > In literature > Congresses.
Arctique > Civilisation > Congrès.
Arctique > Mœurs et coutumes > Congrès.
Arctique > Dans la littérature > Congrès.
Arctic Regions
Conference papers and proceedings
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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