Christopher Crocker
Biographic Data
| ID | 96704 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Crocker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Crocker |
| SIGNATURE | CROCKER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Iceland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2523-2313 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
“The First White Mother in America” Guðríðr Þorbjarnardóttir, Popular History, Firsting, and White Feminism
This article takes Ásmundur Sveinsson’s statue "The First White Mother in America" as a starting point. With reference to this work, its several later casts, and three illustrative examples from recent popular history writing, the article demonstrates how popular representations of the statue's subject, Guðríðr Þorbjarnardóttir, frequently reinforce traditions rooted in racially exclusive historical standards and Indigenous erasure. While Guðríðr…
James Culross, C.H. Spurgeon and the Crisis of British Baptist Confessionalism, 1887–8
Initially drawn to this subject because Culross wrote a nineteenth-century biography on John Ryland Jr. (1753–1825) who was the subject of my PhD, I encountered letters held at Bristol Baptist College noting the friendship between James Culross and C.H. Spurgeon and others during the Downgrade Controversy. This article seeks to convey the contents of their correspondence during this controversy and probe the essence of their subtly divergent view…
Two Letters Concerning Home Leave for the Newfoundland Regiments in World War II
Two Letters Concerning Home Leave for the Newfoundland Regiments in World War II. Un article de la revue Newfoundland and Labrador Studies (Volume 37, numéro 2, 2022) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit
L.K. Bertram. 2020. The Viking Immigrants
Recent years have seen a surge of scholarly interest in the culture, history, language, and literature of the Icelanders who immigrated to North America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and their descendants.Following upon the publication of Ryan Eyford's White Settler Reserve: New Iceland and the Colonization of the Canadian West (2016) and Birna Arnbjrnsdttir, Hskuldur rinsson, and lfar Bragason's edited collection (2018), L
A Note on the Old Norse-Icelandic Verb at dreyma “to dream”
In Old Norse-Icelandic writing, excepting a few outlier cases, the verb at dreyma, “to dream” is accompanied by an accusative noun or pronoun (for example, the first person singular accusative pronoun mik, “me”) and sometimes an accusative object (for example, the singular accusative noun draum, “dream”).1 This morphological feature of the language has led some to claim that the absence of a nominative subject in references to the act of dreaming…
James Culross, C.H. Spurgeon and the Crisis of British Baptist Confessionalism, 1887–8
Initially drawn to this subject because Culross wrote a nineteenth-century biography on John Ryland Jr. (1753–1825) who was the subject of my PhD, I encountered letters held at Bristol Baptist College noting the friendship between James Culross and C.H. Spurgeon, along with their correspondence with others, during the Downgrade Controversy. This two part publication seeks to convey the central contents of their correspondence during this controve…
Hjálmar Jónsson. Selected Poems
Jón Karl Helgason. Echoes of Valhalla
Echoes of Valhalla: The Afterlife of the Eddas and Sagas is the most recent product of Jón Karl Helgason's extended exploration of the myriad ways medieval Icelandic literature has influenced modern culture and has become an important part of our shared, global cultural experience.The book comprises six chapters, each bearing as its main title a prominent figure from Old Norse-Icelandic literature; these are collectively enclosed by a Prologue an…
Disability before Disability
Research Article| December 01 2020 Disability before Disability: Mapping the Uncharted in the Medieval Sagas Ármann Jakobsson; Ármann Jakobsson University of Iceland Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Anna Katharina Heiniger; Anna Katharina Heiniger University of Iceland Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Christopher Crocker; Christopher Crocker University of Iceland Search for other works by this a…
Disability before Disability
To the medievalist, the field of disability studies offers unique challenges. In short, disability studies is a critical, interdisciplinary field designed to investigate the interaction between bodies and minds perceived as disabled and various aspects of culture and society. Disability studies
What We Talk about When We Talk about Vínland
The early Norse or Viking presence in what is presently Newfoundland has formed a part of the area's historical traditions since at least the early nineteenth century. However, such traditions have commonly been informed by various amalgamations of colonial attitudes, modern political interests, and commercial and economic concerns. Using a theoretical framework provided by the work of several colonial discourse theorists and Indigenous scholars,…
To Dream is to Bury
Research Article| April 01 2015 To Dream is to Bury: Dreaming of Death in Brennu-Njáls saga Christopher Crocker Christopher Crocker Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Journal of English and Germanic Philology (2015) 114 (2): 261–291. https://doi.org/10.5406/jenglgermphil.114.2.0261 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Christopher Crocker; To Dream is to Bury:…
All I Do the Whole Night Through
Research Article| July 01 2012 All I Do the Whole Night Through: On the Dreams of Gísli Súrsson Christopher Crocker Christopher Crocker Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scandinavian Studies (2012) 84 (2): 143–162. https://doi.org/10.2307/23343107 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Christopher Crocker; All I Do the Whole Night Through: On the Dreams of Gísli S…
General and Ethnology
Men's House Associates among the Eastern Bororo
Among the Eastern Bororo, until quite recently, young unmarried girls served as sexual partners for the group of bachelors associated with the men's house. Such relationships were considered quite legitimate and followed the rule of moiety exogamy. Many of the normative requirements binding the bachelors and their consorts were precisely the same as those for marriage "proper." The problem is whether this custom can be considered an instance of t…
What We Talk about When We Talk about Vínland
The early Norse or Viking presence in what is presently Newfoundland has formed a part of the area's historical traditions since at least the early nineteenth century. However, such traditions have commonly been informed by various amalgamations of colonial attitudes, modern political interests, and commercial and economic concerns. Using a theoretical framework provided by the work of several colonial discourse theorists and Indigenous scholars,…
Men's House Associates among the Eastern Bororo
Among the Eastern Bororo, until quite recently, young unmarried girls served as sexual partners for the group of bachelors associated with the men's house. Such relationships were considered quite legitimate and followed the rule of moiety exogamy. Many of the normative requirements binding the bachelors and their consorts were precisely the same as those for marriage "proper." The problem is whether this custom can be considered an instance of t…
Disability before Disability
Research Article| December 01 2020 Disability before Disability: Mapping the Uncharted in the Medieval Sagas Ármann Jakobsson; Ármann Jakobsson University of Iceland Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Anna Katharina Heiniger; Anna Katharina Heiniger University of Iceland Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Christopher Crocker; Christopher Crocker University of Iceland Search for other works by this a…
Disability before Disability
To the medievalist, the field of disability studies offers unique challenges. In short, disability studies is a critical, interdisciplinary field designed to investigate the interaction between bodies and minds perceived as disabled and various aspects of culture and society. Disability studies
General and Ethnology
General and Ethnology
Men's House Associates among the Eastern Bororo
Among the Eastern Bororo, until quite recently, young unmarried girls served as sexual partners for the group of bachelors associated with the men's house. Such relationships were considered quite legitimate and followed the rule of moiety exogamy. Many of the normative requirements binding the bachelors and their consorts were precisely the same as those for marriage "proper." The problem is whether this custom can be considered an instance of t…
All I Do the Whole Night Through
Research Article| July 01 2012 All I Do the Whole Night Through: On the Dreams of Gísli Súrsson Christopher Crocker Christopher Crocker Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scandinavian Studies (2012) 84 (2): 143–162. https://doi.org/10.2307/23343107 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Christopher Crocker; All I Do the Whole Night Through: On the Dreams of Gísli S…
To Dream is to Bury
Research Article| April 01 2015 To Dream is to Bury: Dreaming of Death in Brennu-Njáls saga Christopher Crocker Christopher Crocker Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Journal of English and Germanic Philology (2015) 114 (2): 261–291. https://doi.org/10.5406/jenglgermphil.114.2.0261 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Christopher Crocker; To Dream is to Bury:…
Hjálmar Jónsson. Selected Poems
Jón Karl Helgason. Echoes of Valhalla
Echoes of Valhalla: The Afterlife of the Eddas and Sagas is the most recent product of Jón Karl Helgason's extended exploration of the myriad ways medieval Icelandic literature has influenced modern culture and has become an important part of our shared, global cultural experience.The book comprises six chapters, each bearing as its main title a prominent figure from Old Norse-Icelandic literature; these are collectively enclosed by a Prologue an…
Disability before Disability
Research Article| December 01 2020 Disability before Disability: Mapping the Uncharted in the Medieval Sagas Ármann Jakobsson; Ármann Jakobsson University of Iceland Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Anna Katharina Heiniger; Anna Katharina Heiniger University of Iceland Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Christopher Crocker; Christopher Crocker University of Iceland Search for other works by this a…
Disability before Disability
To the medievalist, the field of disability studies offers unique challenges. In short, disability studies is a critical, interdisciplinary field designed to investigate the interaction between bodies and minds perceived as disabled and various aspects of culture and society. Disability studies
What We Talk about When We Talk about Vínland
The early Norse or Viking presence in what is presently Newfoundland has formed a part of the area's historical traditions since at least the early nineteenth century. However, such traditions have commonly been informed by various amalgamations of colonial attitudes, modern political interests, and commercial and economic concerns. Using a theoretical framework provided by the work of several colonial discourse theorists and Indigenous scholars,…
Two Letters Concerning Home Leave for the Newfoundland Regiments in World War II
Two Letters Concerning Home Leave for the Newfoundland Regiments in World War II. Un article de la revue Newfoundland and Labrador Studies (Volume 37, numéro 2, 2022) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit
L.K. Bertram. 2020. The Viking Immigrants
Recent years have seen a surge of scholarly interest in the culture, history, language, and literature of the Icelanders who immigrated to North America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and their descendants.Following upon the publication of Ryan Eyford's White Settler Reserve: New Iceland and the Colonization of the Canadian West (2016) and Birna Arnbjrnsdttir, Hskuldur rinsson, and lfar Bragason's edited collection (2018), L
A Note on the Old Norse-Icelandic Verb at dreyma “to dream”
In Old Norse-Icelandic writing, excepting a few outlier cases, the verb at dreyma, “to dream” is accompanied by an accusative noun or pronoun (for example, the first person singular accusative pronoun mik, “me”) and sometimes an accusative object (for example, the singular accusative noun draum, “dream”).1 This morphological feature of the language has led some to claim that the absence of a nominative subject in references to the act of dreaming…
James Culross, C.H. Spurgeon and the Crisis of British Baptist Confessionalism, 1887–8
Initially drawn to this subject because Culross wrote a nineteenth-century biography on John Ryland Jr. (1753–1825) who was the subject of my PhD, I encountered letters held at Bristol Baptist College noting the friendship between James Culross and C.H. Spurgeon, along with their correspondence with others, during the Downgrade Controversy. This two part publication seeks to convey the central contents of their correspondence during this controve…
“The First White Mother in America” Guðríðr Þorbjarnardóttir, Popular History, Firsting, and White Feminism
This article takes Ásmundur Sveinsson’s statue "The First White Mother in America" as a starting point. With reference to this work, its several later casts, and three illustrative examples from recent popular history writing, the article demonstrates how popular representations of the statue's subject, Guðríðr Þorbjarnardóttir, frequently reinforce traditions rooted in racially exclusive historical standards and Indigenous erasure. While Guðríðr…
James Culross, C.H. Spurgeon and the Crisis of British Baptist Confessionalism, 1887–8
Initially drawn to this subject because Culross wrote a nineteenth-century biography on John Ryland Jr. (1753–1825) who was the subject of my PhD, I encountered letters held at Bristol Baptist College noting the friendship between James Culross and C.H. Spurgeon and others during the Downgrade Controversy. This article seeks to convey the contents of their correspondence during this controversy and probe the essence of their subtly divergent view…
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