The Anthropology of Iceland Book

 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