| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 274 pages) |
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Naomi B. Pascal Editor's Endowment |
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Naomi B. Pascal Editor's Endowment
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Icelandic Language, Names, and Landscape; Maps; Introduction: Fishing Expeditions; 1 Survival on the Edge: A Hidden History; 2 In Our Blood: A Lineage of Sea Knowledge; 3 The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Seawomen and the Rise of Hags, Trolls, and Whores; 4 Endurance: Why Do These Women Still Go to Sea?; 5 The Sea's Siren Call: And the Jobs Seawomen Take in Reply; 6 A Balance of Being: Ship Society; 7 Paying to See the Stars: A New Kind of Survival; Appendix A: Historical Seawomen; Appendix B: Age of Women Registered as Seafarers, 2007-11 |
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Appendix C: Number of Female Fishermen, 1998-2011Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Illustrations |
| Summary |
"Seawomen of Iceland offers a glimpse into the hidden lives of the vibrant and courageous fisherwomen who have braved the sea in Iceland for centuries. Their accounts include the excitement, accidents, trials and tribulations of fishing in the Nordic island-nation from the historic times of small, open rowboats to the complex and technologically advanced fisheries of today. The seawomen's voices speak with universal insight-- of strength, determination, intelligence, and above all, a knowledge of how to survive"--Inside jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-266) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Women fishers -- Iceland
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Women fish trade workers -- Iceland
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Women in fisheries -- Iceland
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Women -- Iceland -- Social conditions
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Scandinavia.
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Women fish trade workers.
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Women fishers.
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Women in fisheries.
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Women -- Social conditions.
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Iceland.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021692775 |
| ISBN |
9780295806471 |
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0295806478 |
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