The workings of monsters : of monsters and humans in Icelandic society

• Main Author: Onnudottir, Helena (R14906)
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences and Psychology (Host institution), Musharbash, Yasmine (Editor), Presterudstuen, Geir-Henning (Editor)
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: U.S., Palgrave 2014
• Subjects: 160104 - Social and Cultural Anthropology; Vestfirðir; Iceland
• Online Access: http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/556165; https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137448651.0014

Vestfirðir(Westfjords of Iceland) is the large north-western peninsula of Iceland, which consists of high mountains and deep fjords. It is the most isolated and sparsely populated part of Iceland. Geographically the oldest part of the country, it is also the place which Icelanders see as the perfect...