Book
Work and play among the Basques of southern California
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1979 • Pages:
By: Eagle, Sonia Jacqueline.
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1997
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1995
- Field Date
- 1971-1978
- Coverage Date
- mid-nineteenth century - 1970s
- Coverage Place
- Los Angeles area, California, United States
- Notes
- by Sonia Jacqueline Eagle
- UM 8015450
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-227)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Purdue University, 1979
- LCSH
- Basque Americans