Willson, Margaret,  1953- <br/><br/>
Seawomen of Iceland :  survival on the edge / 
Margaret Willson. 
 - Seattle :  University of Washington Press,  (c)2016. 
 - 1 online resource (xvi, 274 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Icelandic Language, Names, and Landscape; Maps; Introduction: Fishing Expeditions; 1 Survival on the Edge: A Hidden History; 2 In Our Blood: A Lineage of Sea Knowledge; 3 The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Seawomen and the Rise of Hags, Trolls, and Whores; 4 Endurance: Why Do These Women Still Go to Sea?; 5 The Sea's Siren Call: And the Jobs Seawomen Take in Reply; 6 A Balance of Being: Ship Society; 7 Paying to See the Stars: A New Kind of Survival; Appendix A: Historical Seawomen; Appendix B: Age of Women Registered as Seafarers, 2007-11 Appendix C: Number of Female Fishermen, 1998-2011Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Illustrations 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780295806471 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2021692775 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women fishers--Iceland.<br/>Women fish trade workers--Iceland.<br/>Women in fisheries--Iceland.<br/>Women--Social conditions.--Iceland
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD6073  / .S439 2016