Table of Contents
Contents
Preface vii
Introduction: Toward an Anthropology of Iceland ix
I. Ideology and Action
Forms of Production and Fishing Expertise 3
The Idea of Mystical Power in Modern Iceland 19
The Hunter and the Animal 39
II. Kinship and Gender
Problems and Prospects in the Study of Icelandic Kinship 53
Outside, Muted, and Different: Icelandic Women's Movements and Their Notions of Authority and Cultural Seperateness 80
Public View and Private Voices 98
III. Culture, Class, and Ethnicity
Language and Society: The Ethnolinguistis of Icelanders 121
Work and the Identity of the Poor: Work Load, Work Discipline, and Self-Respect 140
Adaption to an Ethnic Structure: The Urban Icelandic-Canadians of Winnipeg 157
IV. The Commonwealth Period
Regional Archeological Research in Iceland: Potentials and Possibilities 179
Contributions to the Zooarchaeology of Iceland: Some Preliminary Notes 203
Anthropological Perspectives on the Commonwealth Period 228
Notes on Contributors 247
Index 251
