essay

Outside, muted, and different: Icelandic women's movements and their notions of authority and cultural separateness

anthropology of iceland • Iowa City • Published In 1989 • Pages: 80-97

By: Sigríður Dúna Kristmundsdóttir.

Abstract

This article describes and analyzes certain characteristics of the Icelandic women's movements from their inception at the end of the nineteenth century to the 1980s. In this study the author defines the similarities and differences between the movements and attempts to distinguish some of the basic ideas on women and society on which these movements have been based. The movements themselves, and events relevant to their aims and activities, are treated in this paper as a series of connected but independent phenomena. 'They follow each other in a logical and chronological order and are all concerned with the social position and rights of women in Iceland, but each has its distinctive characteristics in term of ideas, aims, and activities' (p. 80).

HRAF PubDate

2004

Region

Europe

Sub Region

Scandinavia

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Type

Social Anthropologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle ; 2002

Field Date

no date

Coverage Date

mid nineteenth century-1980s

Coverage Place

Iceland

Notes

Sigríður Dúna Kristmundsdóttir

Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-97)

LCCN

894657

LCSH

Icelanders