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Elf Dalia / Maja Daniels.

Title
Elf Dalia / Maja Daniels.
Author
Daniels, Maja,
Publication
  • [London] : MACK [2019]
  • ©2019

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Additional Authors
  • Favier, Léo,
  • Persson, Tenn Lars, 1878-1938. Works.
Description
136 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (some color); 29 cm
Summary
Most of the inhabitants of the Swedish valley of Älvdalen still speak Elfdalian, an ancient language with strong links to the Vikings? Old Norse. How it has managed to persist to this day remains a mystery because the community has never been completely isolated.0In 1668 events in Älvdalen sparked the birth of the Swedish witch-hunts, when 20 women and one man were executed on the basis of testimonies provided by witnesses who were mainly children. The first witch-story involved a girl from Älvdalen called Gertrud who had been reported for walking on water, a story which later spread via a famous illustration, first to Germany and then further afield to Salem, Massachusetts.0In 1935 a man called Tenn Lars Persson (1878 ?1938) spoke on national radio in Elfdalian about sorcery and the Black Book of Magic. An avid collector of local history, he photographed his community extensively but he also used photography in his astronomy and physics experiments, which included building a telescope and photographing the moon. Between 2001 and 2017 Maja Daniels, a photographer and sociologist with family ties to Älvdalen, began working in the region, inspired by the current generational shift, where negotiations and tensions between modern lifestyles and tradition including the preservation of a strong cultural identity imbued with mysticism represent an important contemporary struggle.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Pictorial works.
Note
  • Cover title.
  • Photobook.
  • "Edit, concept and design by Maja Daniels and Léo Favier"--Colophon.
Language (note)
  • Text in English and Elfdalian.
ISBN
  • 9781912339372
  • 1912339374
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries