Books and Publications

 Woman, Captain, RebelWoman, Captain, Rebel
The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain

Sourcebooks, 2023
A daring and magnificent historical narrative nonfiction account of Iceland’s most famous female sea captain who constantly fought for women’s rights and equality—and who also solved one of the country’s most notorious robberies.

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Seawomen of Iceland

Seawomen of Iceland: Survival on the Edge

University of Washington Press, 2016 (Finalist, Washington State Book of the Year Award for Nonfiction)
“Contributes a new and fresh understanding of Icelandic fishing culture. This is a captivating read due to the breadth of knowledge the author conveys through her personal style.” – Niels Einarsson, author of Culture, Conflict, and Crises in the Icelandic Fisheries: Anthropological Studies of People, Policy, and Marine Resources in the North Atlantic Arctic

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Dance Lest We All Fall Down

Dance Lest We All Fall Down: Breaking Cycles of Poverty in Brazil and Beyond

University of  Washington Press, 2011
“A highly personal, beautifully written, and theoretically sophisticated ethnography of modern connections in Brazil’s northeast that focuses on the successes as well as the shortcomings of non-governmental institutions and contemporary means of addressing social inequality.” – John Collins, Anthropology, City University of New York

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taboo

Taboo: Identity, Sexuality and Erotic Subjectivity in Anthropological Fieldwork with D. Kulick

Routledge, 1995
Taboo looks at the ethnographer and sexuality in anthropological fieldwork and considers the many roles that sexuality plays in the anthropological production of knowledge and texts. 

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