Jørn Brøndal
Biographic Data
| ID | 5063318 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jørn Brøndal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jørn |
| FAMILY NAME | Brøndal |
| SIGNATURE | BRØNDAL J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern Denmark |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9089-0382 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Norsemen Deep in the Heart of Texas
Political Autobiography and Race
This article analyses how Barack Obama employs the concept of race in his three autobiographical books. Even though they complement each other chronologically, these are three very different works. Dreams from My Father (1995) is semi-fictional and shares similarities with African American versions of the Bildungsroman and autofiction. The Audacity of Hope (2006) is a campaign book downplaying race. A Promised Land (2020) is a presidential memoir…
Introduction to Scandinavian Immigrants and Others in America
In a Few Years the Red Man Will Live Only in Legend and in Cooper’s Charming Accounts”
During the middle and late nineteenth century, a number of Danish travel writers visited the United States with a view to narrating about the New World to their readers back home. Four of the most prominent writers were Hans Peter Christian Hansen, Vilhelm C.S. Topsøe, Robert Watt, and Henrik Cavling. Among the many topics covered by these writers was that of American Indians. Establishing a narrative of the “vanishing Indian,” the writers endeav…
The Fairest among the So-Called White Races
Carl F. Wieck's Lincoln's Quest for Equality
f I could save the U ni on without freeing any slave I would do it, and ifl could save ii by freeing all the slaves T would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that
The Concept of Being Scandinavian-American
In 1878 O.L. Kirkeberg, a Norwegian-born pastor working primarily among Danish-American congregations, stopped over in Salina, Kansas, on his way to the settlement of Denmark further out west.Asking a local hotelkeeper whether he knew of any Scandinavians in town, the latter answered in the affirmative.Kirkeberg then wanted to know whether there were any Danes among them, or Norwegians, or Swedes?"No," answered the hotel.keeper,"There don't seem …
The Fairest among the So-Called White Races
The Concept of Being Scandinavian-American
In 1878 O.L. Kirkeberg, a Norwegian-born pastor working primarily among Danish-American congregations, stopped over in Salina, Kansas, on his way to the settlement of Denmark further out west.Asking a local hotelkeeper whether he knew of any Scandinavians in town, the latter answered in the affirmative.Kirkeberg then wanted to know whether there were any Danes among them, or Norwegians, or Swedes?"No," answered the hotel.keeper,"There don't seem …
The Concept of Being Scandinavian-American
In 1878 O.L. Kirkeberg, a Norwegian-born pastor working primarily among Danish-American congregations, stopped over in Salina, Kansas, on his way to the settlement of Denmark further out west.Asking a local hotelkeeper whether he knew of any Scandinavians in town, the latter answered in the affirmative.Kirkeberg then wanted to know whether there were any Danes among them, or Norwegians, or Swedes?"No," answered the hotel.keeper,"There don't seem …
Carl F. Wieck's Lincoln's Quest for Equality
f I could save the U ni on without freeing any slave I would do it, and ifl could save ii by freeing all the slaves T would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that
The Fairest among the So-Called White Races
Introduction to Scandinavian Immigrants and Others in America
In a Few Years the Red Man Will Live Only in Legend and in Cooper’s Charming Accounts”
During the middle and late nineteenth century, a number of Danish travel writers visited the United States with a view to narrating about the New World to their readers back home. Four of the most prominent writers were Hans Peter Christian Hansen, Vilhelm C.S. Topsøe, Robert Watt, and Henrik Cavling. Among the many topics covered by these writers was that of American Indians. Establishing a narrative of the “vanishing Indian,” the writers endeav…
Political Autobiography and Race
This article analyses how Barack Obama employs the concept of race in his three autobiographical books. Even though they complement each other chronologically, these are three very different works. Dreams from My Father (1995) is semi-fictional and shares similarities with African American versions of the Bildungsroman and autofiction. The Audacity of Hope (2006) is a campaign book downplaying race. A Promised Land (2020) is a presidential memoir…
Norsemen Deep in the Heart of Texas
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