Introduction to Nordic Cultures

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Introduction to Nordic Cultures is an innovative, interdisciplinary introduction to Nordic history, cultures and societies from medieval times to today. The textbook spans the whole Nordic region, covering historical periods from the Viking Age to modern society, and engages with a range of subjects...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lindskog, Annika, Stougaard-Nielsen, Jakob
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : UCL Press, 2020.
Temas:
HISTORY > Europe > Scandinavia.
Civilization
Scandinavia > History.
Scandinavia > Civilization.
Scandinavie > Histoire.
Scandinavie > Civilisation.
Scandinavia
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • Author's biography
  • Acknowledgements
  • Editorial Introduction to Nordic Cultures
  • Part I: Identities
  • 1. Viking-Age Scandinavia: Identities, Communities and Kingdoms
  • 2. The North: Territory and Narrated Nature
  • 3. Narrating Nations: Iceland and Finland in Texts
  • 4. Modern Experiences
  • 5. The Nordic Welfare Model
  • Part II: Texts
  • 6. The Trial of Bróka-Auðr: Invisible Bureaucracy in an Icelandic Saga
  • 7. Nora: The Life and Afterlife of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House
  • 8. Nordic Noir
  • 9. North Atlantic Drift: Contemporary Greenlandic and Sami Literatures
  • 10. New Scandinavians, New Narratives
  • Part III: Images
  • 11. Nordic Nature: From Romantic Nationalism to the Anthropocene
  • 12. Emigration and Scandinavian Identity
  • 13. Film and the Welfare State: Three Informational Films about Healthcare
  • 14. Stereotypes in and of Scandinavia
  • Index

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