Book
Work and play among the Basques of southern California
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1979 • Pages:
By: Eagle, Sonia Jacqueline.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This dissertation presents an ethno-historical account of the Basque community in the Los Angeles-southern California area from approximately 1850 to the 1970s. Particular attention is given to the mechanisms of ethnic identity maintenance within this community during the period of the author's field work in 1971-1978. In this document Eagle emphasizes the shift with time in occupational specialization from sheepherding to gardening, restaurant and hotel management, wheat and citrus fruit cultivation, etc. She notes that with increasing urbanization of the community and as occupations become more highly diversified, economic specialization ceases to be as important a factor as it was originally in maintaining ethnic identity (p. viii). Ethnic identity is best expressed and maintained in what the author calls 'play' forms as embodied through the activities of Basque social clubs, handball games, folk dancing, and gambling.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethos
- Cultural identity and pride
- Pastoral activities
- Dairying
- Occupational specialization
- Recreational facilities
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Basque Americans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1995
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1971-1978
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- mid-nineteenth century - 1970s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Los Angeles area, California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Sonia Jacqueline Eagle
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Purdue University, 1979
- UM 8015450
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-227)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Basque Americans