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With the Lapps in the High Mountains
A Woman Among the Sami, 1907–1908
Av Emilie Demant Hatt, Barbara Sjoholm
Häftad, 2013
289 kr
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With the Lapps in the High Mountains is an entrancing true account, a classic of travel literature, and a work that deserves wider recognition as an early contribution to ethnographic writing. Published in 1913 and available here in its first English translation, With the Lapps is the narrative of …
Black Fox
A Life of Emilie Demant Hatt, Artist and Ethnographer
Inbunden, 2017
414 kr
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In 1904 a young Danish woman met a Sami wolf hunter on a train in Sweden. This chance encounter transformed the lives of artist Emilie Demant and the hunter, Johan Turi. In 19078 Demant went to live with Sami families in their tents and on migrations, later writing a lively account of her …
So Much to Be Done
The Writings of Breast Cancer Activist Barbara Brenner
Av Barbara Brenner, Barbara Sjoholm
Inbunden, 2016
944 kr
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“What kind of cancer is it?” was the first question Barbara Brenner asked her doctor after hearing that the lump in her breast was malignant. His answer: “You don't need to know that.” Wrong response. Brenner, who was already an activist, made knowing her business and spreading knowledge her …
From Lapland to Sápmi
Collecting and Returning Sámi Craft and Culture
Inbunden, 2023
403 kr
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A cultural history of SÁpmi and the Nordic countries as told through objects and artifactsMaterial objects-things made, used, and treasured-tell the story of a people and place. So it is for the Indigenous SÁmi living in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, whose story unfolds across borders and …
Palace of the Snow Queen
Winter Travels in Lapland and Sápmi
Häftad, 2023
209 kr
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An exploration of the winter wonders and entangled histories of Scandinavia’s northernmost landscapes-now back in print with a new afterword by the author After many years of travel in the Nordic countries-usually preferring to visit during the warmer months-Barbara Sjoholm found herself drawn to …
Steady as She Goes
Women's Adventures at Sea
Av Barbara Sjoholm, Barbara Sjoholm
Häftad, 2003
213 kr
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Veteran seafarers and anyone who has dreamed of running away to sea in their very own boat or simply savoured the smell of the salty air on the water's edge will be inspired by this well-crafted and varied collection. Steady as She Goes is both a testament to women's enduring relationship with the …
Pirate Queen
In Search of Grace O'Malley and Other Legendary Women of the Sea
Häftad, 2004
218 kr
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The Pirate Queen begins in Ireland with the infamous Grace O'Malley, a ruthless pirate and scourge to the most powerful fleets of sixteenth-century Europe. This Irish clan chieftain, sea captain, and pirate queen was a contemporary of Elizabeth I, a figure whose life is the stuff of myth. Regularly …
Incognito Street
How Travel Made Me a Writer
Häftad, 2006
229 kr
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Barbara Sjoholm arrived in London in the winter of 1970 at the age of twenty. Like countless young Americans in that tumultuous time, she wanted to leave a country at war and explore Europe a small inheritance from her grandmother gave her the opportunity. Over the next three years, she lived in …
So Much to Be Done
The Writings of Breast Cancer Activist Barbara Brenner
Av Barbara Brenner, Barbara Sjoholm
Häftad, 2016
253 kr
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“What kind of cancer is it?” was the first question Barbara Brenner asked her doctor after hearing that the lump in her breast was malignant. His answer: “You don't need to know that.” Wrong response. Brenner, who was already an activist, made knowing her business and spreading knowledge her …
