{"id":6065,"date":"2013-10-30T09:38:06","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T15:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6065"},"modified":"2013-10-30T09:41:47","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T15:41:47","slug":"deconstructing-the-icelandic-elves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6065","title":{"rendered":"Deconstructing the Icelandic Elves"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have mentioned the elves of Iceland before, including a documentary film<\/a>, but I wish also to draw attention to this article in The Atlantic<\/em>, which views the interest in elves as largely a post-1970s revival.<\/p>\n

Icelandic music phenom Bjork once\u00a0cautioned<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0New Yorker<\/em>: \u201cYou have to watch out for the Nordic cliche,\u201d she said.\u00a0“A friend of mine says that when record-company executives come to Iceland, they ask the bands if they believe in elves, and whoever says yes gets signed up.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the rest here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have mentioned the elves of Iceland before, including a documentary film, but I wish also to draw attention to this article in The Atlantic, which views the interest in elves as largely a post-1970s revival. Icelandic music phenom Bjork once\u00a0cautioned\u00a0the\u00a0New Yorker: \u201cYou have to watch out for the Nordic cliche,\u201d she said.\u00a0“A friend of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[67,106],"class_list":["post-6065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-elves","tag-iceland"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-1zP","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1313,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1313","url_meta":{"origin":6065,"position":0},"title":"Sex with Icelandic Elves","author":"Chas S. 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