The Ring of Dancers : Images of Faroese Culture /
The Ring of Dancers is composed a series of studies of aspects of Faroese life, language, and folk ways. A recurrent theme is the continuing reformulation of Faroese culture since the islands' Viking settlement in the ninth century.
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2016]
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Series: | South Asia Seminar
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Foreword
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. A Sense of Place
- 3. Øskudólgur, Social Change, and the Meaning of Faroese Folklore
- 4. Language Roles and Culture Contact: The Linguistic Development of the Faroe Islands
- 5. Grindadráp
- 6. Tórshavn, December 1974
- Notes
- A Note on Sources
- Bibliography
- Index
- Backmatter