The Vikings are coming! A modern Icelandic self-image in the light of the economic crisis
This article analyzes the connection between the economic crisis in Iceland in 2008 and the role of Viking imagery in the collective self-image of Iceland. This connection is informed by Iceland’s status as a Danish dependency for centuries – a condition that deeply affected the development of Icela...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:dd1a633e7ad040b990e742f57f8cb076 2023-05-15T16:45:21+02:00 The Vikings are coming! A modern Icelandic self-image in the light of the economic crisis Ann-Sofie Nielsen Gremaud 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/dd1a633e7ad040b990e742f57f8cb076 DE EN ger eng Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/nordeuropaforum/2010-1/nielsen-gremaud-ann-sofie-87/PDF/nielsen-gremaud.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/0940-5585 https://doaj.org/toc/1863-639X 0940-5585 1863-639X https://doaj.org/article/dd1a633e7ad040b990e742f57f8cb076 NORDEUROPAforum - Zeitschrift für Kulturstudien, Vol 20, Iss 1-2, Pp 87-106 (2010) Denmark Culture of Remembrance & Politics of History Identities Domestic Politics Foreign & Security Policy Arts & Culture Iceland Nations & Nationalism Postcolonialism Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology GN301-674 History of Northern Europe. Scandinavia DL1-1180 article 2010 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T04:20:31Z This article analyzes the connection between the economic crisis in Iceland in 2008 and the role of Viking imagery in the collective self-image of Iceland. This connection is informed by Iceland’s status as a Danish dependency for centuries – a condition that deeply affected the development of Icelandic self-perception and its cultural life. In recent years, the Viking has appeared as an image of central cultural significance in Iceland’s international relations with both Denmark and Great Britain in recent years. This article explores the connection between the sensational rise and fall of the so-called útrásarvíkingar (ex-pansion Vikings), or Icelandic businessmen, and the effect of Iceland being a former dependency of Denmark on the general function of the Viking image in Iceland’s collective identity. Thus, a postcolonial approach sheds light on how imagological representations of Vikings have affected modern Icelandic identity conceptualizations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
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This article analyzes the connection between the economic crisis in Iceland in 2008 and the role of Viking imagery in the collective self-image of Iceland. This connection is informed by Iceland’s status as a Danish dependency for centuries – a condition that deeply affected the development of Icelandic self-perception and its cultural life. In recent years, the Viking has appeared as an image of central cultural significance in Iceland’s international relations with both Denmark and Great Britain in recent years. This article explores the connection between the sensational rise and fall of the so-called útrásarvíkingar (ex-pansion Vikings), or Icelandic businessmen, and the effect of Iceland being a former dependency of Denmark on the general function of the Viking image in Iceland’s collective identity. Thus, a postcolonial approach sheds light on how imagological representations of Vikings have affected modern Icelandic identity conceptualizations. |
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The Vikings are coming! A modern Icelandic self-image in the light of the economic crisis |
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The Vikings are coming! A modern Icelandic self-image in the light of the economic crisis |
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The Vikings are coming! A modern Icelandic self-image in the light of the economic crisis |
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
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NORDEUROPAforum - Zeitschrift für Kulturstudien, Vol 20, Iss 1-2, Pp 87-106 (2010) |
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