More notes from Palsson readings

• Strong female characters in the Sagas, Women's Movement in the 1970's - Red Stockings (107)
• Nationalist discourse, forces of nature controlled by "the mother" (109)
• Mountain Woman was constructed as a counter symbol to the Danish King (Image, 110)
• Seeing Iceland with clothes on, disguised. How do the clothes differ at certain times of the year?
• Transition of presidency to maternal/cultural role (118)
• Main concerns - undesirable polluting, effects of foreign influence - especially on the language (120)
• Focus on children - need to be raised as 'True Icelanders' for the nation to remain true to itself. Encouraging children to eliminate 'hallo' from their vocabulary. (120) Effective?
• Another emphasis on planting trees
• Collecting objects with mother/child subjects. Foreign dignitaries were instructed to bring such items as gifts, to symbolize the nation of Iceland.