Crisis and Coloniality at Europe's Margins creating exotic Iceland

Crisis and Coloniality at Europe's Margins: Creating Exotic Iceland provides a fresh look at the current politics of identity in Europe, using a crisis at the margins of Europe to shed light on the continued embeddedness of coloniality in everyday aspirations and identities. Examining Iceland&#...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Loftsdóttir, Kristín, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Taylor & Francis 2019.
Edición:First edition
Colección:Routledge research in race and ethnicity.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009745180906719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Before the crash The trickster in the North : in the world of colonizers and colonized The colonial exhibition in Tivoli : racism and colonial others The desire to become modern : forging of Icelandic subject The big bite : the economic miracle in Iceland Warehouse of cultural scenarios : creating the new Icelandic character Probably the best in the world? : engaging with Iceland's colonial past After the crash The fall from the top of the world : the economic crash in 2008 Even mcdonalds has left us : the hierarchies of nations The iceberg drifting in the sea : creating a sense of national identity during times of crisis The exceptional island in a world of crisis : reimaging iceland as exceptional All's well that ends well : the aftermath of the crash List of references Index.