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.
Abstract
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).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- Scandinavia
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2002
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- tenth-mid twelfth centuries
- Coverage Place
- general Iceland
- Notes
- Jón Haukur Ingimundarson
- For bibliographical references see document 10: [Gísli Pálsson]
- LCCN
- 93150093
- LCSH
- Icelanders