Jacqueline Urla is a professor of anthropology and the director of the Modern European Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has published numerous articles and essays on Basque culture and language and is the coeditor of Deviant Bodies: Critical Perspectives on Difference in Science and Popular Culture.
Reclaiming Basque is an excellent study of a culture that seeks its
own voice, free from the banners of France and Spain. The Midwest
Book Review"
Reclaiming Basque is a landmark study of one of the most
fascinating and controversial social movements in Europe today,
offering new theoretical insights not only about the Basque Country
but also about the complex relationships between nationhood and
language. Justin Crumbaugh, author of Destination Dictatorship: The
Spectacle of Spain s Tourist Boom and the Reinvention of
Difference"
This important book, written by the leading authority in her field,
will be an essential addition to my own personal library. Sandra
Ott, author of War, Judgment, and Memory in the Basque Borderlands,
1914 1945"
This is the best study of the politics of Basque language use that
we have in English. Sharryn Kasmir, author of The Myth of
Mondragon: Cooperatives, Politics, and Working-Class Life in a
Basque Town"
Jaqueline Urla has written an extraordinary book. The result of 25
years of continuous engagement with the Basque language movement
and its struggle to normalize the standing and use of the Basque
language, Euskara, the book is a unique contribution to our
knowledge of social, political, cultural, and economic mechanisms
involved in minority language revival. The Council for European
Studies"
"Reclaiming Basque" is a landmark study of one of the most
fascinating and controversial social movements in Europe today,
offering new theoretical insights not only about the Basque Country
but also about the complex relationships between nationhood and
language. -- Justin Crumbaugh, author of "Destination Dictatorship:
The Spectacle of Spain s Tourist Boom and the Reinvention of
Difference""
This important book, written by the leading authority in her field,
will be an essential addition to my own personal library. -- Sandra
Ott, author of "War, Judgment, and Memory in the Basque
Borderlands, 1914 1945""
This is the best study of the politics of Basque language use that
we have in English. -- Sharryn Kasmir, author of "The Myth of
Mondragon: Cooperatives, Politics, and Working-Class Life in a
Basque Town""
""Reclaiming Basque" is a landmark study of one of the most
fascinating and controversial social movements in Europe today,
offering new theoretical insights not only about the Basque Country
but also about the complex relationships between nationhood and
language." -- Justin Crumbaugh, author of "Destination
Dictatorship: The Spectacle of Spain's Tourist Boom and the
Reinvention of Difference"
"This important book, written by the leading authority in her
field, will be an essential addition to my own personal library."
-- Sandra Ott, author of "War, Judgment, and Memory in the Basque
Borderlands, 1914-1945"
"This is the best study of the politics of Basque language use that
we have in English." -- Sharryn Kasmir, author of "The "Myth" of
Mondragon: Cooperatives, Politics, and Working-Class Life in a
Basque Town"
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