Basque Culture: Anthropological Perspectives

This book incorporates class notes, with additional materials, of the two authors, compiled over several decades. It presents an overview of Basque prehistory, linguistics, and anthropology of society and culture. It is illustrated in part by their personal experiences in field research. The co-authors, William A. Douglass and Joseba Zulaika have both served as directors of the Center for Basque Studies of the University of Nevada, Reno, and have co-published on occasion. This volume is a textbook, intended both for the classroom and in on-line instruction.This book was published with generous financial support from the Basque Government.IntroductionPart One: Defining the Basques1. Basque Anthropology2. Situating the Basques: Physical and Human Geography3. Prehistoric Enigmas4. Euskara5. Prehistoric ArtPart Two: Basque History6. Romanization7. The Middle Ages8. The Modern Era9. Basque Nationalism10. Basque Political Violence and the International Discourse of Terrorism11. Basque Emigration and Diaspora: The Americas12. Basque Emigration and Diaspora: Asia and OceaniaPart Three: Traditional Lifestyles and Worldviews13. Fishing the World and the World of Fishing14. Baserri and Auzo15. Contrasting Traditions: Peasants and Fishermen Compared16. Character and Rural Basque Sexual Mores17. A Basque Bestiary: From Wild Boars to Tame Pigs|18. Folklore and Mythology19. Witchcraft20. Believers and VisionariesPart Four: The Contemporary World21. Bilbao22. Euskadi's Economy23. Arrasate / Mondragón: Industrial and Agrarian Cooperativism24. Reinventing Bilbao: From Industrial Ruins to Urban Renewal25. Touring Euskalherria26. Borders27. Twentieth-Century Impacts on the Little CommunityPart Five: Basque Cultural Studies28. On Cultural Essentialism: Racism and Ethnicity29. Gender Studies30. Speaking Basque, Being Basque31. The Bertsolaria's Song: Orality, Literacy, and the Polis32. The New Basque Music: From Political Protest to Hip-Hop33. Atxaga and the Literacy Imagination34. Basque Cinema and the Ethnographic Imagination35. Modernist Art: Oteiza and Chillida36. Mirentxu's PuzzleConclusionPicturesIndexColopho