"Pure manliness": The colonial project and Africa's image in nineteenth century Iceland

Identities

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-293

  Loftsdöttir, Kristín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Africa; Colonialism; Iceland; Identity; Nordic

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; CULTURAL IDENTITY; IDEOLOGY; INDEPENDENCE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SOCIAL HISTORY;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 67650333642     PISSN: 1070289X     EISSN: 15473384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10702890902861271     Document Type: Article

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