The circle of mountains : a Basque shepherding community / Sandra Ott.

By:

Ott, Sandra

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Basque seriesPublication details: Reno, NV : University of Nevada Press, ©1993, 1981.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 242 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0874174473
9780874174472

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Circle of mountains.DDC classification:

944/.79 20

LOC classification:

DC801.S3636 O87 1993eb

Other classification:

71.37
71.99
LC 22185
MS 1030
MS 1208

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Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface to the New Edition; Preface; Contents; List of Illustrations; Part One; I. The Background; II. The Setting and the People; III. The Seasonal Cycle; Part Two; IV. The Household; V. 'First Neighbours'; VI. The Church, the Priest, and 'Blessed Things'; Part Three; VII. Blessed Bread: A System of Asymmetric Exchange; VIII. 'First Neighbour' Mortuary Obligations; Part Four; IX. The Olha: A Pastoral Institution; X. Rotation and Serial Replacement in the Olha: Past and Present; XI. Shepherding and Cheese-making; Part Five.

XII. The Concept of ConceptionPart Six; XIII. Conclusion; Afterword; Appendix; Bibliography; Glossary; Index.

Summary: The commune of Sainte-Engrace extends along a mountain valley in the southeastern corner of Soule, one of the three Basque provinces in France. In The Circle of Mountains, Sandra Ott examines the importance of cooperation and reciprocity as the essential basis for the main institutions within this community.Summary: These French Basques visualize their community as circle, and their vision of living in the "circle of mountains," rather than in a valley, reflects their perspective on the society in which they live.Summary: The first half of the book incorporates material on history, ecology, and economy, and delves deeply into the domestic organization kinship, and neighborliness of this Basque community. In the second half of the book, the author introduces the males' customary roles as shepherds and cheesemakers. Following a detailed commentary on these vocations, Ott suggests that these seemingly prosaic activities represent the male attempt at symbolic fulfillment of the female procreative and nurturing roles.Summary: In a new afterword, Ott discusses developments that have impacted life in the pastoral community of Sainte-Engrace since the original publication of this book - including the construction of roads to nearly every home and the acquisition of telephones. The Circle of Mountains will be of interest not only to social anthropologists but also to those concerned with the Basque language and culture and to scholars and students of ethnology, international studies, and political science.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-230) and index.

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XII. The Concept of ConceptionPart Six; XIII. Conclusion; Afterword; Appendix; Bibliography; Glossary; Index.

The commune of Sainte-Engrace extends along a mountain valley in the southeastern corner of Soule, one of the three Basque provinces in France. In The Circle of Mountains, Sandra Ott examines the importance of cooperation and reciprocity as the essential basis for the main institutions within this community.

These French Basques visualize their community as circle, and their vision of living in the "circle of mountains," rather than in a valley, reflects their perspective on the society in which they live.

The first half of the book incorporates material on history, ecology, and economy, and delves deeply into the domestic organization kinship, and neighborliness of this Basque community. In the second half of the book, the author introduces the males' customary roles as shepherds and cheesemakers. Following a detailed commentary on these vocations, Ott suggests that these seemingly prosaic activities represent the male attempt at symbolic fulfillment of the female procreative and nurturing roles.

In a new afterword, Ott discusses developments that have impacted life in the pastoral community of Sainte-Engrace since the original publication of this book - including the construction of roads to nearly every home and the acquisition of telephones. The Circle of Mountains will be of interest not only to social anthropologists but also to those concerned with the Basque language and culture and to scholars and students of ethnology, international studies, and political science.

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