Ghost Stories Oppression and Disasters in Past and Present Iceland

This article presents a postcolonial-ecocritical reading of the Icelandic novel Lifandilífslækur (2018) by Bergsveinn Birgisson, arguing that this work can be interpreted as a call for a revision of Iceland’s position and role in the colonial system and its legacy which we are still grappling with,...

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Published in:	Marburg Journal of Religion
Main Author:	Aðalsteinsdóttir, Auður
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Philipps-Universität Marburg 2022
Subjects:	postcolonial studies ghosts The supernatural in contemporary literature Icelandic literature hierarchies ecocriticism power systems folklore
Online Access:	Online Access
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