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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wylie, Jonathan
Other Authors: Haugen, Einar, Margolin, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Series:South Asia Seminar
Subjects:
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