Call number:
AWI P5-17-91081
Description / Table of Contents:
Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands have in common their history as Danish dependencies within a historically and geographically coherent region. The complex aftermaths of Denmark's sovereignty over its North Atlantic territories and their ongoing nation building processes lie at the core of this book. Today, we are witnessing region building processes beyond bilateral links to Denmark. How do the countries position themselves, individually and collectively, vis-à-vis the European metropolitan centres, a larger transcontinental North Atlantic region, the "hot" Arctic, and global histories of colonialism and decolonisation? By examining the region from cultural, literary, historical, political, anthropological and linguistic perspectives, the articles in this book shed light on Nordic colonialism and its understanding as "exceptional", and challenge and modify established notions of postcolonialism. Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands are shown to be both the (former) subjects as well as the producers of cultural hierarchisations in an entangled world.
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
422 S.
Edition:
1. Aufl.
ISBN:
9783932406355
Series Statement:
Berliner Beiträge zur Skandinavistik 20
URL:
http://www.gbv.de/dms/ub-kiel/79627536X.pdf
Language:
English
Location:
AWI Reading room
Branch Library:
AWI Library
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