The Troubled Life of an Habitual Offender in Colonial Greenland

TY - JOUR

T1 - The Troubled Life of an Habitual Offender in Colonial Greenland

AU - Rud, Søren

PY - 2016/1/2

Y1 - 2016/1/2

N2 - This article investigates how law and order was handled in the Danish colonies in Greenland during the period ranging approximately from 1911 to 1953. The Greenlandic author Peter Gundel’s frequent episodes of conflict with the law provide the framework for the analysis. The article deals with how – and through what specific techniques – procedures related to law and order worked to establish, maintain, or reform identities in colonial Greenland. It is argued that social practices within the field of law and order were characterized by the colonial administration’s tactical deployment of a specific version of Greenlandic culture.

AB - This article investigates how law and order was handled in the Danish colonies in Greenland during the period ranging approximately from 1911 to 1953. The Greenlandic author Peter Gundel’s frequent episodes of conflict with the law provide the framework for the analysis. The article deals with how – and through what specific techniques – procedures related to law and order worked to establish, maintain, or reform identities in colonial Greenland. It is argued that social practices within the field of law and order were characterized by the colonial administration’s tactical deployment of a specific version of Greenlandic culture.

KW - Faculty of Humanities

KW - Colonial Greenland

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1478-0038

JO - Cultural and Social History

JF - Cultural and Social History

ER -