"Iceland, an independent nation since 1944, has a complex colonial history. As a former dependency of Denmark that endured a US military presence from 1941-2006, Iceland''s global positioning invites comparisons to formerly colonized spaces. At the same time, Iceland''s history and geopolitical location differ from other colonized nations, which "were brutally subjugated with violence, dehumanizing practices and massacres constituting a part of people''s everyday lives." Additionally, Icelanders employed racist stereotypes of colonized people to differentiate themselves from other colonies and claim Whiteness, as explored by Icelandic anthropologist, Krist- Loftsd-tir. Intersecting Worlds: Colonial Liminality in US Southern and Icelandic Literatures investigates Iceland''s colonial liminality and draws connections to the colonial ambiguity of the US South, depicted as colonized by the federal government during Reconstruction and the site of the colonization of the Black population thro
