TY - BOOK AU - Durrenberger,E.Paul AU - G�isli P�alsson, TI - The anthropology of Iceland SN - 1587290553 AV - DL326 .A65 1995eb U1 - 949.1/2 19 PY - 1995/// CY - Iowa City PB - University of Iowa Press KW - Ethnology KW - Iceland KW - Congresses KW - HISTORY KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Manners and customs KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / General KW - Social life and customs KW - Conference papers and proceedings KW - Electronic books N1 - Papers from a conference held in Iowa City, Iowa, in May 1987; Includes bibliographical references and index; Forms of production and fishing expertise; E. Paul Durrenberger and G�isli P�alsson --; Idea of mystical power in modern Iceland; Darryl Wieland --; Hunter and the animal; Haraldur �Olafsson --; Problems and prospects in the study of icelandic kinship; George W. Rich --; Outside, muted, and different : Icelandic women's movements and their notions of authority and cultural separateness; Sigr�i�ur D�una Kristmundsd�ottir --; Public view and private voices; Inga D�ora Bj�ornsd�ottir --; Language and society : the ethnolinguistics of Icelanders; G�isli P�alsson --; Work and the identity of the poor : work load, work discipline, and self-respect; Finnur Magn�usson --; Adaption to an ethnic structure : the urban Icelandic-Canadians of Winnipeg; John S. Matthiasson --; Regional archaeological research in Iceland : potentials and possibilities; Kevin P. Smith and Jeffrey R. Parsons --; Contributions to the zooarchaeology of Iceland : some preliminary notes; Thomas Amorosi --; Anthropological perspectives on the commonwealth period; E. Paul Durrenberger N2 - 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 UR - https://libproxy.firstcity.edu.my:8443/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=21982 ER -