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Articles related to "Norwegian History"
Kin-Work and King Harald's Saga: A Feminist Analysis On the surface, <I>King Harald's Saga</I> (Sturluson, 1966) might not appear to lend itself quite so easily to a feminist interpretation. Yet the themes of betrayal and kin confrontation around which this saga is centered seem to reveal, upon closer reading, that the "work of women" figures prominently in this story. Using Micaela di Leonardo's (1987) concept of "kin work" for the purpose of this analysis, I propose that the creation and dissipation of political/kin tensions became the mechanisms through which women exerted influence in Viking society. These tensions surface throughout the saga through metaphorical identification and situational parallelism. king haralds saga • feminism • kin work • genealogy • norwegian history
Outline of Norway's History Norway, the land of the Vikings,influenced Western Europe by conquest from the 9th through the 13th century. Monarchs noted include Harald in the 890s to Harald V in 1991 norway • norwegian history • vikings • eric the red • lief ericsson
Snow Treasure (Book Review) Imagine a pack of defiant Norwegian children, cheeks flush with excitement and cold, assisting in the resistance effort under the watchful eyes of occupying Nazi soldiers. They zip through the snow-burdened hills on sleds, concealing their smuggled goods under the guise of child’s play, signaling secret messages with their eyes and forming action groups with classmates. This is the premise of Marie McSwigan’s <I>Snow Treasure</I>, a fantastic but charming book about Norwegian resistance during WWII. wwii • norway • german occupation • children in wwii • hjemmefronten
Geography Jigsaw Americans are notorious for being terrible at geography. They tend to confuse continents with countries, regions with states and seem generally unconcerned with world topography. It worries me to think that those who speak approvingly of declaring war on Iraq have trouble differentiating the country from its Arab neighbors. It worries me even more that, for them, Iraq is simply a carefully colored entry in a political map, shown without context, without history, without people. norwegian geography • children and geography • war on iraq • americans and geography • geography activity
See Norway's Viking Heritage Uncovered in Oslo One thousand year-old Viking longships mark Norway's proud seafaring history at an Oslo museum, leaving in no doubt just who ruled the waves during the Viking Age. viking • viking ship museum • viking age • oslo • norway |
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