Book

Coastal economies, cultural accounts: human ecology and Icelandic discourse

Manchester University Press ; St. Martin's Press [distributor]Manchester • Published In 1991 • Pages: xviii, 202

By: Gísli Pálsson.

Abstract
This book attempts to link together the study of human ecological relations and cultural or discursive symbolism, particularly in relation to Icelandic marine fisheries, with emphasis on '…the way in which human environmental interactions are represented in social discourse, among both indigenous producers and anthropologists' (p. xv). The theoretical background for this analysis will be found in the first three chapters of this work. Chapter 4 shifts the discussion from social theory to ethnography, applying the perspectives outlined above to a study of how the models of medieval Icelanders (ninth to late nineteenth centuries), reflect the constraints and opportunities of peasant household production. Chapers 5 and 6 are accounts of the modern (ca. 1980s) Icelandic fisheries based on fieldwork by the author in Sanderði, in southwest Iceland during 1979 and 1981. The final chapter presents theoretical conclusions summarizing the content of this document.
Subjects
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Sociocultural trends
Cultural goals
Fishing
Marine industries
Status, role, and prestige
Social relationships and groups
Government regulation
Ethnozoology
culture
Icelanders
HRAF PubDate
2004
Region
Europe
Sub Region
Scandinavia
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Types
Indigenous Person
Ethnologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 2002
Field Date
1979, 1981
Coverage Date
ca. 1900-1980s
Coverage Place
Sandgerði, near Keflavík, southwest Iceland
Notes
Gísli Pálsson
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-191) and index
LCCN
90029067
LCSH
Icelanders