Maitane Ostolaza

Landscape and Identity in the Modern Basque Country, 1800 to 1936 (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book studies the relationship between landscape and modern identities in the Basque Country. Using an interdisciplinary approach that combines cultural history and geography, it analyses the process of historical construction of the Basque landscape, highlighting its multiple political, social and cultural meanings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000826364
• Artikelnr.: 66678595

Autorenporträt

Maitane Ostolaza is Full Professor at the Faculty of Letters and Humanities at the University of Perpignan (France). A specialist on modern Spain, she has published numerous works on the history of religious education in modern Spain as well as on the cultural construction of the Spanish nation. Her latest research focuses on the symbolic and identity values of landscape. Her previous books are Entre religión y modernidad. Los colegios de las congregaciones religiosas en la construcción de la sociedad guipuzcoana contemporánea (1876-1931), 2000; Emoción e identidad nacional: Cataluña y el País Vasco en perspectiva comparada, 2015, co-edited with Géraldine Galeote and Maria Llombart Huesca.

Inhaltsangabe

Acronyms and Abbreviations

PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

Part One

DISCOURSES, IMAGES AND REPRESENTATIONS OF LANDSCAPE

CHAPTER 1: Narratives of Landscape

Romantic Landscapes, Mythical Landscapes

Landscapes of Fuerismo: Between the Oasis and the Indomitable Mountains

In Search of a Vernacular Landscape

From Region to Nation via Landscape

Regional Landscapes

National Landscapes

CHAPTER 2: The Dissemination of Landscape Discourse and Language: The Role of the Press

The Modern Press and the Dissemination of Landscape Discourse

Journals and Periodicals: Pioneers in Extolling the Basque Landscape

The 1920s Press: Landscape as a Means of Nation Building

The Basque-Language Press and the Popular View of Landscape

Part Two

LANDSCAPE PRACTICES

CHAPTER 3: Tourism and Excursions

Tourism, Identity and Landscape

Excursions

Touristic and Recreational Excursions



CHAPTER 4: Mountaineering, Landscape and Identity

Discovering the Mountains

Landscape and Gender: Women Take to the Mountains

From the Mountains to the Nation: The Mendigoizales



CONCLUSION

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Rezensionen

Through the study of the landscape and its practices, mainly sports, Maitane Ostolaza shows us the whole of Basque society, in all its astonishing complexity. This ambitious book undertakes a true history of the environment "from below", where the realms of historicity and geography are intimately linked.

Stéphane Michonneau, Professor of Contemporary History, University of Lille

Thanks to her vast knowledge of the scholarly literature and sources, the author beautifully analyses the process of construction of a Basque identity landscape. Her attention to the actors of this process allows her to present with great insight the different landscape grammars that demonstrate the multiple facets of the mountain, the forest and the sea.

François Walter, Professor of History, University of Geneva

This original and engaging book is required reading for anyone attempting to understand not only the pivotal role of landscape (the sea, the mountains) in Basque history and identity but also the fascination exerted by Basque places (Biarritz, Gernika, Bilbao, San Sebastian) on travellers, tourists and scholars worldwide, particularly since the Romantic period.

Joseba Zulaika, Emeritus Professor, Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, Reno