Overview

The Vikings Reimagined explores the changing perception of Norse and Viking cultures across different cultural forms, and the complex legacy of the Vikings in the present day. Bringing together experts in literature, history and heritage engagement, this highly interdisciplinary collection aims to reconsider the impact of the discipline of Old Norse Viking Studies outside the academy and to broaden our understanding of the ways in which the material and textual remains of the Viking Age are given new meanings in the present. The diverse collection draws attention to the many roles that the Vikings play across contemporary culture: from the importance of Viking tourism, to the role of Norse sub-cultures in the formation of local and international identities. Together these collected essays challenge the academy to rethink its engagement with popular reiterations of the Vikings and to reassess the position afforded to ‘reception’ within the discipline.

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Author:   Tom Birkett ,  Roderick Dale
Publisher:   De Gruyter
Imprint:   De Gruyter
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9781501518157

ISBN 10:   1501518151
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   20 January 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgements List of Figures Introduction by Tom Birkett 1. Vikings! by M. J. Driscoll 2. My Vikings and Real Vikings: Drama, Documentary and Historical Consultancy by Neil Price 3. (Re)discovering the Vikings in Poland: From Nineteenth-Century Romantics to Contemporary Warriors by Leszek Gardeła 4. Women in Viking Reenactment by Klaudia Karpińska 5. Who’s Afraid of an Electric Torch?: Reimagining Gender and the Viking World in Contemporary Picturebooks by Jessica Clare Hancock 6. The Terrible Njorl’s Saga: Comedic Reimaginings of the Íslendingasögur from the Victorians to the Present Day by Thomas Spray 7. The One that Got Away in Old Norse Myth, Moby-Dick, and the Work of Hugh MacDiarmid by Heather O’Donoghue 8. Death ere the afternoon: Jómsvíkinga saga and a Scene in Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls by Richard North 9. ""(No More) Reaving, Roving, Raiding, or Raping"": The Ironborn in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones by Carolyne Larrington 10. A Saga King in a Finnish Beijing Opera by Kendra Willson 11. ""Pick up Rune"": The Use of Runes in Digital Games by Maja Bäckvall 12. From Barbarian to Brand: The Vikings as a Marketing Tool by Roderick Dale 13. Raiding the Vikings: How does Ireland Consume Its Viking Heritage? by Rebecca Boyd 14. The Great Viking Fake-Off: The Cultural Legacy of Norse Voyages to North America by Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough Afterword: Tell These Stories Yourself by Kevin Crossley-Holland Index"

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Tom Birkett, University College Cork, Ireland; Roderick Dale, University of Nottingham, UK.

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