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Title Images of the North : histories, identities, ideas / edited by Sverrir Jakobsson
Published Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (292 pages) : illustrations
Series Studia Imagologica ; 14
Studia imagologica ; 14.
Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; Foreword; Images of the North: Address by the President of Iceland; The Theory of Climate and the North in Anglophone Literatures; Canada and its Images of North; Food and the North-Icelandic Identity in 13th century Iceland and Norway; People and Place in the Far North: A Vision of Life, Community and Change; Of Whales and Men: Images of Iceland and the North Atlantic in Contemporary Whaling Politics; Images of Thule: Maps and Metaphors in Polar Exploration; Geared for the Sublime: Mobile Images of the North
Summary "This interdisciplinary volume seeks to examine and explore the various issues surrounding image construction, identity making and representations of the North, as well as the interconnectedness between those issues. The aim is to elucidate the multiple aspects of the idea of the North, both as a mythological space and a discursive system created and shaped by cultures outside the North as well as from within. The objective of the research project Iceland and Images of the North is to elucidate several aspects of images of the North and to explore their functions in the present, focusing especially on Iceland. What effect have Iceland and its people had on images of the North, and how do those images influence the Icelanders and other nations? The project will be a cooperative, interdisciplinary undertaking by researchers in the humanities and social sciences"--Provided by publisher
Notes "The articles here were among a selection of papers given at the conference 'Images of the North. Histories--Identities--Ideas' which was held in Reykjavik, Iceland in February 24-26 2006"--Page 7
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject National characteristics, Icelandic -- Congresses
HISTORY.
Civilization
Literature
Manners and customs
National characteristics, Icelandic
SUBJECT Arctic regions -- Civilization -- Congresses
Arctic regions -- Social life and customs -- Congresses
Arctic regions -- In literature -- Congresses
Subject Arctic Regions
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Sverrir Jakobsson, 1970-
ISBN 9781441606600
1441606602
9789042029064
9042029064
904202528X
9789042025288
9786612594151
6612594152