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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Durrenberger, E. Paul, 1943-, Gísli Pálsson, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1995.
Subjects:
Ethnology > Iceland > Congresses.
Ethnologie > Islande > Congrès.
HISTORY > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Ethnology.
Manners and customs.
Iceland > Social life and customs > Congresses.
Iceland.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 of circa 930 to 1220, which saw the flowering of sagas.
Item Description:Papers from a conference held in Iowa City, Iowa, in May 1987.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxviii, 258 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1587290553
9781587290558

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