Crisis and coloniality at Europe's margins creating exotic Iceland / Krist©Ưn Loftsd©đttir.

Author/creator Krist©Ưn Loftsd©đttir, 1968-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
Descriptionxii, 207 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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SeriesRoutledge research in race and ethnicity
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 175-199) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018039629
ISBN9781138497603 (hbk)

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