Colonialism in Greenland

Tradition, Governance and Legacy

AvSøren Rud

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

This book explores how the Danish authorities governed the colonized population in Greenland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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Utgivningsdatum:2018-08-03
Mått:148 x 210 x 11 mm
Vikt:241 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
Antal sidor:170
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319834559

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Søren Rud is Associate Professor of History at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He has published widely on Greenland, colonialism and techniques of governance. Recent publications include 'Policing and Governance in Greenland: Rationalities of police and colonial rule 1860-1953’ in Policing in Colonial Empires: Cases, Connections, Boundaries (ca. 1850–1970).

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction.- Colonialism in Greenland: tradition, governance and legacy.- Structure and premise of the book.- Ethnography, time-portals and the idealization of tradition.- Governing through tradition.- A correct admixture: tradition, and the formation of identity.- Consumption, hysteria, and anxiety: diagnosing the Greenlanders’ vulnerability.- Shame and crime: the effects and afterlife of tradition.- Culture, identity and colonial legacy in the age of Arctic changes.- Bibliography.