essay

Whale siting: spatiality in Icelandic nationalism

images of contemporary iceland : everyday lives and global contexts • Iowa City • Published In 1996 • Pages: 25-45

By: Brydon, Anne.

Abstract
In Iceland, the dominant perception of the international whaling issue -- that whaling practices have fallen to manipulative environmentalists motivated by greed and/or sentimentality -- relies on particular intuitions and understandings of nature, human identity, and the moral value of community. In turn, these intuitions and understandings derive from discursive practices which are linked to the nation-state formation and figure in expressions of nationalist sentiment. While elaborating on the dynamics of the whale issue, this essay analyzes the cultural production of national boundaries and the ways in which transnational actions both perpetuate and challenge ideas of sovereignty and national identity (p. 25).
Subjects
Cultural goals
Marine hunting
Tribe and nation
External relations
culture
Icelanders
HRAF PubDate
2017
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
1988-1990
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
Iceland
Notes
Anne Brydon
For bibliographical references see document 20:[Gísli Pálsson and E. Paul Durrenberger]
LCCN
9535078
LCSH
Icelanders