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.
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- Southern Europe
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1990-1991
- Field Date
- 1979-1983
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Usurbil, Guipuzcoa Province, Spain
- Notes
- [by] Jacqueline Louise Urla
- UM 8726394
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-360)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Berkeley, University of California, 1987
- LCSH
- Basques