Book
Being Basque, speaking Basque: the politics of language and identity in the Basque country
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1989 • Pages: 3, 6, 360 leaves
By: Urla, Jacqueline Louise.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work presents a combination of historical facts and ethnographic information on the Spanish Basque country in an attempt to examine the various '…conditions under which language differences came to be perceived as a problem to be solved through planning, the methods proposed, and what some of the effects have been' (p. i-B). The source is divided into two major parts. Part one places language planning in historical perspective, showing how it emerged in the 1920s in conjunction with other types of social planning. Part two provides a specific case study of current cultural politics in a bilingual Basque community in Guipuzcoa Province. The author suggests that the language movement represents a general trend in the last century toward a stronger reliance on social scientific knowledge and expertise as a means of controlling social and cultural reproduction (p. i-C). Urla demonstrates that as a result of the Basque school movement, regional media campaigns, and local language policy initiatives, the Basques are beginning to look at their social identity in a new way.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Speech
- Linguistic identification
- Ethnic stratification
- External relations
- Political parties
- Political movements
- Humanistic studies
- Education system
- Elementary education
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Basques
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1990-1991
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1979-1983
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Usurbil, Guipuzcoa Province, Spain
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Jacqueline Louise Urla
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Berkeley, University of California, 1987
- UM 8726394
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-360)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Basques