02737nam 2200601Ia 450 991045683990332120200520144314.00-8166-7664-X(CKB)2550000000041330(EBL)718870(OCoLC)733040283(SSID)ssj0000526424(PQKBManifestationID)11329888(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000526424(PQKBWorkID)10520120(PQKB)11138004(MiAaPQ)EBC718870(Au-PeEL)EBL718870(CaPaEBR)ebr10479183(EXLCZ)99255000000004133020101202d2011 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVikings in the attic[electronic resource] in search of Nordic America /Eric DregniMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20111 online resource (308 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-6743-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Immigrants Arrive . . .; "Food"; We Are the Vikings; Notable Nordics; Politics, Scandinavian Style; Points of Pride; Uniquely Scandinavian; Scandinavian Sanctuaries; Festivals; Notes; IndexGrowing up with Swedish and Norwegian grandparents with a dash of Danish thrown in for balance, Eric Dregni thought Scandinavians were perfectly normal. Who doesn't enjoy a good, healthy salad (Jell-O packed with canned fruit, colored marshmallows, and pretzels) or perhaps some cod soaked in drain cleaner as the highlights of Christmas? Only later did it dawn on him that perhaps this was just a ""little"" strange, but by then it was far too late: he was hooked and a dyed-in-the-wool Scandinavian himself. But what does it actually mean to grow up Scandinavian-American or to live with these NorwScandinavian AmericansHistoryScandinavian AmericansSocial life and customsScandinavian AmericansAnecdotesScandinavian AmericansHumorUnited StatesCivilizationScandinavian influencesElectronic books.Scandinavian AmericansHistory.Scandinavian AmericansSocial life and customs.Scandinavian AmericansScandinavian Americans973/.04395Dregni Eric1968-914956MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456839903321Vikings in the attic2219640UNINA