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The anthropology of Iceland /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Durrenberger, E. Paul, 1943-, Gísli Pálsson, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1995.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.