Death occupies a significant place in the Basque worldview. Traditionally it is associated with numerous beliefs and elaborate rituals, while the most important role in funeral ceremonies was performed by woman, who, according to some authors, was an intermediary between the worlds and a priestess of sorts.
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Basque correlatives and their kin in the history of Northern Basque [PDF]
Relative correlatives in Northern Basque are more restricted than in some other languages. First, they are stylistically marked as highly rhetorical, second, they only impart a generic reading, and thus do not function like ordinary restrictive correlatives as in e.g. Hindi.
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The Politics of Adjustment and Coordination at the Regional Level: The Basque Country. CES Working Papers Series 171, 2009 [PDF]
Is globalization forcing non-“Coordinated Market Economies” such as Spain to converge on an Anglo-American model? This paper seeks to build on the hypotheses generated by the literature on “Varieties of Capitalism” to analyze the challenges of developing
Royo, Sebastian
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En quoi les TIC changent-elles les pratiques d’ingénierie pédagogique du professeur d’université? [PDF]
Josianne Basque
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Waking the Hedgehog: The Literary Universe of Bernardo Atxaga
This analysis of the writings of Bernardo Atxaga inspired by his image of the Basque language as a hedgehog that has "survived … by withdrawing," but that has now emerged—preeminently in the work of this most international of Basque authors.
Olaziregi, Mari J.
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Cracks in the Wall: Breaks Down the Myths of Egalitarianism and Matriarchy in the Basque Country
The invitation to reflect upon the work of historian Alfonso de Otazu y Llana, Basque egalitarianism: myth and reality (1986) from a gendered perspective is a timely opportunity to revisit another book that also questions a myth pivotal in the ...
Hernández García, Jone Miren +1 more
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Publishing and Literary System in Basque Literature
The article outlines the creation of the Basque literary system, the relations of mediation between publishers and readers of literature written in Basque, through its evolution during the 20th Century.
Kortazar, Jon
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Preventing terrorism? conflict resolution and nationalist violence in the Basque Country
This study examines the debates on nationalism, terrorism and conflict resolution, and intends to identify, on the one hand, the reasons why and the instances in which nationalist discourses usurp the notions of political violence and present it as a ...
Tellidis, Ioannis
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Before and after the nation. Basque patriotic heroes, 1834-1939
In the nineteenth century, Basque fuerism, a regionalist ideology, elaborated a narrative about Basque identity that was characterized by a double Basque and Spanish patriotism. When the nationalism created by Sabino Arana (1865-1903) appeared at the end
Coro Rubio, Santiago de Pablo
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Expelled from the Motherland: The Government of President Jose Antonio Agirre in Exile, 1937-1960
This storyÑthat of the government-in-exile of Lehendakari Jose Antonio Agirre and the multitudes of other Basques who were forced by war and oppression to flee their homelandÑhas not been written in English before and is rather unknown to the Basque ...
Irujo, Xabier
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