The Circle Of Mountains : A Basque Shepherding Community / Sandra Ott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ott, Sandra, author.

Series:

Basque series.

Basque series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Basques--Social life and customs.

Basques.

Sainte-Engr{circ}ace (France)--Social life and customs.

Sainte-Engr{circ}ace (France).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Reno, Nevada ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] ; London, [England] : University of Nevada Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this work, ethnographer Sandra Ott examines a pastoral French-Basque community to study the impact of modern day developments on their society.

Contents:

I. The Background

II. The Setting and the People

III. The Seasonal Cycle

IV. The Household

V. 'First Neighbours'

VI. The Church, the Priest, and 'Blessed Things'

VII. Blessed Bread: A System of Asymmetric Exchange

VIII. 'First Neighbour' Mortuary Obligations

IX. The Olha: A Pastoral Institution

X. Rotation and Serial Replacement in the Olha: Past and Present

XI. Shepherding and Cheese-making

XII. The Concept of Conception

XIII. Conclusion.

Notes:

Reprint of 1981 edition published by Oxford University Press; with new preface and afterword.

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

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780874174472

0874174473

OCLC:

966885212