Basque Pelota: A Ritual, an Aesthetic: 20 (Center for Basque Studies, Occasional Papers Series, 20) - Tapa blanda

Abrisketa, Olatz González

 
9781935709312: Basque Pelota: A Ritual, an Aesthetic: 20 (Center for Basque Studies, Occasional Papers Series, 20)
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ISBN 10: 1935709313 ISBN 13: 9781935709312
Editorial: Center for Basque Studies Press, 2012

Sinopsis

The game of pelota is, as Wilhelm von Humboldt described it, "the principal festival of the Basques," and is, for Pío Baroja, "the Basque game par excellence." Indeed, as Olatz González Abrisketa aptly demonstrates in Basque Pelota: A Ritual, an Aesthetic, pelota is one of the most revealing frameworks of meaning and understanding of the Basque imaginary. By digging into the historic, symbolic, and even mythological roots of the sport, and by describing interconnected webs of meaning in the various domains of social, juridical, bodily, and imaginative experience, she shows how pelota constitutes a ritualized action that both stages and repairs social antagonisms by offering a "deep play" that prevents violent conflict and implies paramount cultural transformation for the Basques. Furthermore, she shows that the joko or "agon" of pelota has a foundational role in culture; the metaphoric extensions of "hand", "pelota", and "body"; and how the fronton or plaza is the Basque public space par excellence and a monument to the community's memory.

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Acerca del autor

Olatz González Abrisketa is an anthropologist and professor of anthropology from the Basque Country. Her research expertise includes sports, nations, gender and feminist studies, rituals and symbolism, and filmmaking. She is also a prized documentarian.

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Editorial
Center for Basque Studies Press
Año de publicación
2012
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1935709313
ISBN 13 
9781935709312
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Número de páginas
277
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