No Nation is an Island

Language, Culture, and National Identity in the Faroe Islands

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  • ISBN 87 9834 245 2
  • Hardback: kr. 198,00
  • 237 sider, ill.
Udviklingen af en national bevidsthed i en af verdens mindste nationer er i høj grad afhængig af samspillet med en omverden, som til tider opfattes som truende og fjendtlig.

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List of Figures

List of Plates

Acknowledgements

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Introduction: The Nature of Nations

I. Language and Politics: A Brief Outline of the History of the Faroe Islands

II. Faroese: Between Icelandic and Danish: The Faroese Language Debate at the Turn of the Century

III. Purism and Public Protest

IV. The Pilot Whale Hunt: From National Symbol to International Stigma

Epilogue: National Identities in the Global Ecumene

Notes
Bibliography
Index