The Basque country : a cultural history / / by Paddy Woodworth.
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| Superior document: | Landscapes of the imagination |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Landscapes of the imagination.
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| Physical Description: | 1 v. (unpaged) :; ill., maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- Land of stone, iron, glass : land of the Basques
- Where are we, exactly?, and what will we call this place?
- A short version of a long history : from the Stone Age to the Civil War
- Bai, bai, Urdaibai : cave paintings, painted trees, tree of Gernika-- The fronton at the heart of life : the power and beauty of pelota
- Cinco villas : Pio Baroja, flying Mari, sword dances, and sorcery
- Gastronomy : some answers to the most urgent Basque question
- Wow, Bilbao! : the transformation of a tough city
- From the music of labour, to music as a labour of love
- Obaba in Asteasu : the Basque village as a literary universe
- Gudari for God
- Serious fun : fiestas in Laguardia
- Don't mention the war : the dark side of Basque and Spanish politics
- Bay of Biscay : whales, Belle Epoque, decapitated geese, sexual politics
- Living in shadowlands : Basque, but not Basque nationalist
- Navaree, heartland or hinterland?
- Mountain high : pleasure and penitence and pagan gods
- Iparralde : the Basques on the other side of the mountains.