Book
Basque violence: metaphor and sacrament
University of Nevada Press • Reno • Published In 1988 • Pages: xxxi, 423
By: Zulaika, Joseba.
Abstract
This monograph, based on a doctoral dissertation submitted to Princeton University in 1982, is a study of Basque political violence in the village of Itziar on the Cantabrian coast of Guipuzcoa Province, Spain. The work gives a fully contexualized cultural account of the endemic conflict engaging Basque villagers both as protagonists and as spectators and attempts to understand the conscious and unconscious presuppositions of the violence. In addition to the major theme, 'Zulaika presents various narratives to illustrate the villagers' perceptions of history as myth, war, heroism, and tragedy; he also examines radical transformations in the society's basic socio-economic institutions due to industrialization. He then turns his attention to cultural models of performance such as popular games, hunting, troubadorial singing, and traditional mythology. Zulaika argues that ritualization of action, as patterned after analogous folk models, is an essential component of the violence. Furthermore, the author examines the tension between metaphor and sacrament -- nationalist violence interpreted as myth and metaphor as opposed to violence experienced with the literalness of Catholic sacrament' (book jacket).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- Southern Europe
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Ethnologist
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2000
- Field Date
- 1979-1981
- Coverage Date
- tenth century A.D.-1981
- Coverage Place
- Village of Itziar, Province of Guipuzcoa, Spain
- Notes
- Joseba Zulaika
- Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Princeton University, 1982
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-397) and index
- LCCN
- 87035432
- LCSH
- Basques