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The Ring of Dancers : Images of Faroese Culture / Jonathan Wylie, David Margolin.
De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 Available online
De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press eBook Package Archive 1898-1999- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wylie, Jonathan, Author.
- Margolin, David, Author.
- Series:
- Anniversary Collection
- South Asia Seminar
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Faroese language.
- Folklore--Faroe Islands.
- Folklore.
- Faroe Islands--Civilization.
- Faroe Islands.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (184 p.)
- Edition:
- Reprint 2016
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- 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.
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781512809190
- 1512809195
- OCLC:
- 979882586
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