Ghost Stories: Oppression and Disasters in Past and Present Iceland
This article presents a postcolonial-ecocritical reading of the Icelandic novel Lifandilífslækur (2018) by Bergsveinn Birgisson, arguing that this work can be interpreted as a call for a revision of Iceland’s position and role in the colonial system and its legacy which we are still grappling with,...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Fachgebiet für Religionswissenschaft im Fachbereich 11, Philipps Universität Marburg
2022
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Marburg journal of religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-21 |
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Bergsveinn Birgisson 1971-, Lifandilífslækur
/ Iceland
/ Ghost
/ Natural catastrophe
/ Anthropogenous climate-change
/ Post.colonial literature
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| RelBib Classification: | AF Geography of religion AG Religious life; material religion BD Ancient European religions KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
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Ecocriticism
B Ghosts B hierarchies B Icelandic literature B The supernatural in contemporary literature B Folklore B power systems B Postcolonial Studies |
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