The circle of mountains : a Basque shepherding community /

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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 c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ott, Sandra
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Reno, NV : University of Nevada Press, ©1993, 1981.
Colección:Basque series.
Temas:
Basques > Social life and customs.
National characteristics, Basque > Social life and customs.
Basques > Mœurs et coutumes.
HISTORY.
Basques > Social life and customs
Manners and customs
Volkskunde
Schäfer
Basken.
Sociale situatie.
Sainte-Engrâce (France) > Social life and customs.
Sainte-Engrâce (France) > Mœurs et coutumes.
France > Sainte-Engrâce
Sainte-Engrâce
Frankrijk.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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