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Greenland
Nationalism & Cultural Identity in Comparative Perspective
Format: Paperback
Pages: 71
ISBN: 9788798342441
Pub Date: 19 Mar 1991
Series: North Atlantic Studies
Description:
With the introduction of Home Rule in Greenland in 1979, people can now talk about a Greenlandic "nation". Since the early ethno-political movements in the 1960s, through the emerging political party organisations leading the struggle for Home Rule in the 1970s, the key question has been a demand for "Greenlandisation". A positive response to this demand amounts to the establishing of conditions for the construction of a true Greenlandic identity -- an identity on own premises.
The particularly "Greenlandic" presented less of a problem before Home Rule, where it was somehow an implication of the struggle against Danish political domination. Ethnopolitical symbolism abounded, yet the relation between emblems and their content remained largely undiscussed and hence undisputed. This situation is different after Home Rule, where a common cultural purpose has to be decided upon, across internal disagreements and opposition of interests in the Greenlandic society. The important question now concerns -- what common grounds do the Greenlandic people possess, apart from tradition, language and territory? And what importance do these dimensions have? Questions of identity -- what it "is", when it becomes important and how it may be studied are addressed from a variety of perspectives, including differences in regional application, focusing on processes of identity construction, as well as on questions of methodology related to the study of different aspects of identity. This volume aims to contribute to an understanding of processes and issues involved in the construction and expression of cultural identity, and to help delineate directions for further research. The "Research in progress" section conveys the idea that preliminary work can be submitted for publication with the purpose of attracting comments from others, engaging into debate for purposes of development of an argument.
Moving On
New Perspectives on the Womens' Movement
Format: Paperback
Pages: 232
ISBN: 9788772883687
Pub Date: 19 Mar 1991
Description:
This collection of articles offering new perspectives on the women's movement includes contributions by Solveig Bergman, Ann-Dorte Christensen, Yvonne Hirdman, Karin Lutzen, Kari Melby, Hanne Rimmen Nielsen, Joyce Outshoorn, Jane Rendall, Leila Rupp, Aino Saarinen and Verta Taylor.
Local Organisation, Cultural Identity & National Integration in the North Atlantic
Format: Paperback
Pages: 68
ISBN: 9788798342489
Pub Date: 19 Mar 1991
Series: North Atlantic Studies
Description:
This volume contains conference papers from the 3rd North Atlantic Studies Conference. The papers seem to indicate a connection between progressive centralisation -- corresponding with increased homogeneity of culture at the national level -- and a concomitant relative heterogenisation of peripheral regions and minority culture in political terms, expressed through the assertion of difference -- of local, regional, ethnic and other identities. This "heterogenisation" may be defined in cultural terms as "differentiation" or in structural terms as expressing "relative distancing" from the centres of power.
The factors giving form and content to these movements seem to reflect institutional arrangements made by the centres in an effort to integrate peripheral communities. In other words, expressions of "localism" are linked to the manner and structure of integration in the social system or society in question. This puts focus on public institutions as integrating mechanisms and possible arenas of struggle for control. Paraphrasing Jenkins (this volume), comparing Northern Irish and Welsh nationalism, "the character of nationalist movements is inextricably bound up with the processes of modern state formation". The focus on structures and relations of incorporation or integration is a general theme uniting the present collection of articles, although this observation alone does not do justice to the breadth of perspectives taken.
Dryland Degradation
Causes & Consequences
Format: Paperback
Pages: 136
ISBN: 9788772883465
Pub Date: 19 Mar 1991
Illustrations: illus
Description:
This volume contains abstracts and papers presented at the second Danish Sahel Workshop helld at Sandbjerg Manor in 1990. The papers cover natural and social sciences, such as improved utilisation of tree legumes, degradations and desertification, afforestation techniques and problems, ecological monitoring and remote sensing techniques, animal counting in Senegal, the political economy of agricultural development in Burkina Faso, research and development in the Red Sea area, the economic potential of the semi-arid areas, as well as accounts of the research sponsored by DANIDA, integrated projects in Mali and Senegal and the Danish activities with control of parasitic diseases in Africa.
Impact of the French Revolution on English Literature
Format: Paperback
Pages: 148
ISBN: 9788772883694
Pub Date: 19 Feb 1991
Series: Dolphin Series
Description:
Issue 19 of Aarhus University Press's arts and humanities journal "The Dolphin", analysing the impact of the French Revolution on English literature. Topics covered include Burke and the debate on the Revolution, Jane Austen's political silence, and William Blake's revolutionary rhetoric.
Cyropaedia
Xenophon's Aims & Methods
Format: Hardback
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9788772882468
Pub Date: 31 Dec 1990
Description:
Cyropaedia - Xenophon's Aims & Methods
Dansk Nu -- Fransk arbejdshæfte
Exercises
Format: Paperback
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9788772883021
Pub Date: 31 Dec 1990
Illustrations: illus
Description:
Dansk Nu -- Fransk arbejdshæfte - Exercises
Format: Hardback
Pages: 122
ISBN: 9788772880532
Pub Date: 31 Dec 1990
Illustrations: b/w photos & illus
Description:
Failaka/Ikaros -- The Hellenistic Settlements, Volume 3 - Danish Archaeological Investigations in Kuwait -- The Sacred Enclosure in the Early Hellenistic Period
Lexicon Mediae Latinitatis Danicae 3
Continentia -- Evinco
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9788772886626
Pub Date: 31 Dec 1990
Description:
Text in Danish and Latin.
Hidden Class
Culture & Class in a Maritime Setting, Iceland 1880-1942
Format: Hardback
Pages: 156
ISBN: 9788772882796
Pub Date: 19 Dec 1990
Series: North Atlantic Monographs
Illustrations: illus
Description:
Hidden Class - Culture & Class in a Maritime Setting, Iceland 1880-1942
Secondary Education in China After Mao
Reform & Social Conflict
Format: Paperback
Pages: 180
ISBN: 9788772882192
Pub Date: 19 Dec 1990
Description:
Secondary Education in China After Mao - Reform & Social Conflict
Hama 2, Part 2
Fouilles et Recherches de la Fondation Carlsberg, 1931-1938
Format: Paperback
Pages: 324
ISBN: 9788789438009
Pub Date: 01 Nov 1990
Series: Nationalmuseets Skrifter, Større Beretninger
Illustrations: illus
Description:
Hama 2, Part 2 - Fouilles et Recherches de la Fondation Carlsberg, 1931-1938
Ecuadorean Palms for Agroforestry
Format: Paperback
Pages: 122
ISBN: 9788787600309
Pub Date: 19 Mar 1990
Series: AAU Reports
Illustrations: illus
Description:
Ecuadorean Palms for Agroforestry
Nordic Botanical Research in the Andes & Western Amazonia
Format: Paperback
Pages: 88
ISBN: 9788787600330
Pub Date: 19 Mar 1990
Series: AAU Reports
Description:
Nordic Botanical Research in the Andes & Western Amazonia
