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's response to its collapse into bankruptcy in 2008, the author explores the way in which the country sought to brand itself as an exotic tourist destination. With attention to the nation's aspirations, rooted in the late 19th century, of belonging as part of Europe, rather than being classified with colonized countries, the book examines the engagement w…
Mehr
CHF 47.05
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-351-01824-1
- EAN: 9781351018241
- Produktnummer: 29572202
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 220 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'777 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Abbildungen: 22 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 22 schwarz-weiße Fotos
Über den Autor
Kristín Loftsdóttir is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Iceland. She is the co-editor of Messy Europe: Crisis, Race and Nation-State in a Postcolonial World; Whiteness and Postcolonialism in the Nordic Region; Crisis in the Nordic Nations and Beyond; Teaching 'Race' with a Gendered Edge; and Topographies of Globalization.
16 weitere Werke von Kristín Loftsdóttir:
Bewertungen
Anmelden