essay
Spinning goods and tales: market, subsistence and literary productions
From sagas to society : comparative approaches to early Iceland • Enfield Lock, Middlesex, Uk • Published In 1992 • Pages: 217-230
By: Jón Haukur Ingimundarson.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this essay Ingimundarson introduces new hypotheses and findings derived from his field ethnographic studies in Svalbarðshreppurm, northeast Iceland which he uses in conjunction with anthropological concepts in the interpretation of medieval Icelandic normative and narrative literature (i.e., the sagas). The author also makes suggestions for the development of an extensive methodological and analytical approach in historical anthropology. Furthermore, he also suggests '…how analysis of social drama and diachronic profiles in the sagas,…can be extended to reveal the character and changes in strategies and relations of production and reproduction in the Icelandic Commonwealth in the context of foreign exchange' (pp. 217-218).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Pastoral activities
- Wool production
- Production and supply
- Internal trade
- External trade
- Verbal arts
- Classes
- Districts
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Icelanders
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Scandinavia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- tenth-mid twelfth centuries
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- general Iceland
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jón Haukur Ingimundarson
- For bibliographical references see document 10: [Gísli Pálsson]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 93150093
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Icelanders