Vikings in the attic [[electronic resource] ] : in search of Nordic America / / Eric Dregni

• Autore: Dregni Eric <1968->
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (308 p.)
• Disciplina: 973/.04395
• Soggetto topico: Scandinavian Americans - History; Scandinavian Americans - Social life and customs; Scandinavian Americans
• Soggetto geografico: United States Civilization Scandinavian influences
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Growing 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 Norw
• Titolo autorizzato: Vikings in the attic
• ISBN: 0-8166-7664-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781694503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II