The Ring of Dancers: Images of Faroese Culture

Jonathan Wylie; David Margolin

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1981

The Ring of Dancers

Images of Faroese Culture

Jonathan Wylie and David Margolin
With contributions by: Einar Haugen

In the series Anniversary Collection

In the series South Asia Seminar

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512809190

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Jonathan Wylie is with the Anthropology/Archaeology Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. David Margolin is Professor of Linguistics at the University of New Mexico.

Reviews

"An important addition to the ethnographic literature on the Faroe Islands."—Choice

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XI
Foreword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XIII
Preface and Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XXI
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. A Sense of Place Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
3. Øskudólgur, Social Change, and the Meaning of Faroese Folklore Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
4. Language Roles and Culture Contact: The Linguistic Development of the Faroe Islands Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
5. Grindadráp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
6. Tórshavn, December 1974 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
A Note on Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition: Reprint 2016
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 240
Keywords: Anthropology; Folklore; Linguistics

eBook

Published: November 11, 2016
ISBN: 9781512809190