Pilot Whaling in the Faroe Islands: History, Ethnography, Symbol |
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An excellent and much-needed insight into the ancient Faroese practice of subsistence whaling. A superb companion to Seán Kerins,2010 book, A Thousand Years of Whaling: A Faroese Common Property Regime, Canadian Circumpolar Institute Press, Edmonton Canada.
Contents
Contents | 7 |
Tosumup | 23 |
TheDramaofWhaling andtheGuests Eye | 36 |
Pilot Whalingin Space and History | 58 |
Grindabođ Message and Communication | 76 |
TheDriveandtheKill | 98 |
Assessment Division and Distribution | 124 |
IllustrationsandPhotos | 140 |
Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Pilot Whaling in the Faroe Islands: History, Ethnography, Symbol Volume 51 of Annales Societatis Scientiarum Faeroensis: Supplementum Annales Societatis Scientiarum Fćroensis Volume 51 of Fróđskaparrit / Supplementum: Fróđskaparrit |
| Author | Jóan Pauli Joensen |
| Publisher | Faroe University Press, 2009 |
| ISBN | 999186525X, 9789991865256 |
| Length | 295 pages |
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