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War, judgment, and memory in the Basque borderlands, 1914-1945 / Sandra Ott.

Publication | Library Call Number: DC611.B319 O88 2008

In this book, anthropologist Sandra Ott examines the impact of war and occupation on four Basque communities in the French commune of Xiberoa. The study aims to increase readers' understanding of the way a small community responds to crisis and change, and the way historical memory is shaped by popular local culture.

Book cover
Series
The Basque series
Basque series.
Format
Book
Author/Creator
Ott, Sandra.
Published
Reno : University of Nevada Press, ©2008
Locale
Pays Basque (France)
France
Pays Basque
Language
English
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Physical Description
252 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Insiders, outsiders, and Trans-Pyrenean relations
Urdax, a borderland moral community
Basques in the Great War
The roots of divided memories in Maule
Class conflict, displacement, and fear of the other
Xiberoans under Vichy
The German occupation and resistance in Xiberoa
The tragedy of Ospitaleku
Resisting divisiveness through ritual in Urdax
Denunciation, rumor, and revenge in sustary
The divisiveness of liberation
Uneasy commemorations
Remembering the resistance in popular theater.
ISBN
9780874177381
0874177383 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-240) and index.
Insiders, outsiders, and Trans-Pyrenean relations -- Urdax, a borderland moral community -- Basques in the Great War -- The roots of divided memories in Maule -- Class conflict, displacement, and fear of the other -- Xiberoans under Vichy -- The German occupation and resistance in Xiberoa -- The tragedy of Ospitaleku -- Resisting divisiveness through ritual in Urdax -- Denunciation, rumor, and revenge in sustary -- The divisiveness of liberation -- Uneasy commemorations -- Remembering the resistance in popular theater.

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