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"Seawomen of Iceland offers a glimpse into the hidden lives of the vibrant and courageous fisherwomen who have braved the sea in Iceland for centuries. Their accounts include the excitement, accidents, trials and tribulations of fishing in the Nordic island-nation from the historic times of sma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Willson, Margaret, 1953- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2016]
Colección:Naomi B. Pascal Editor's Endowment.
Temas:
Women fishers > Iceland.
Women fish trade workers > Iceland.
Women in fisheries > Iceland.
Women > Iceland > Social conditions.
Pêcheuses > Islande.
Poisson (Aliment) > Commerce > Personnel féminin > Islande.
Femmes dans les pêches > Islande.
Femmes > Islande > Conditions sociales.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
HISTORY > Europe > Scandinavia.
Women fish trade workers
Women fishers
Women in fisheries
Women > Social conditions
Iceland
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Icelandic Language, Names, and Landscape; Maps; Introduction: Fishing Expeditions; 1 Survival on the Edge: A Hidden History; 2 In Our Blood: A Lineage of Sea Knowledge; 3 The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Seawomen and the Rise of Hags, Trolls, and Whores; 4 Endurance: Why Do These Women Still Go to Sea?; 5 The Sea's Siren Call: And the Jobs Seawomen Take in Reply; 6 A Balance of Being: Ship Society; 7 Paying to See the Stars: A New Kind of Survival; Appendix A: Historical Seawomen; Appendix B: Age of Women Registered as Seafarers, 2007-11
  • Appendix C: Number of Female Fishermen, 1998-2011Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Illustrations

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