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Linguistic Identity Among New Speakers Of Basque, Ane Ortega, Jacqueline Urla, Estibalitz Amorrortu Jan 2015

Linguistic Identity Among New Speakers Of Basque, Ane Ortega, Jacqueline Urla, Estibalitz Amorrortu

Jacqueline L. Urla

The increase in Basque speakers in the last 30 years has been due in large part to ‘new speakers’ or euskaldunberri, a term that will be used here to refer to those who have learned the language by means other than family transmission. While very significant in numbers, to date this group has not been the object of much study. Little is known about their attitudes and motivations, how they perceive themselves as Basque speakers, or their language use and transmission patterns. Acquiring answers to these questions is of strategic importance for developing an effective evidence-based language policy for the …


Review Of Reclaiming Basque By Kathryn Woolard, Jacqueline Urla Jan 2014

Review Of Reclaiming Basque By Kathryn Woolard, Jacqueline Urla

Jacqueline L. Urla

Book Review of Reclaiming Basque by Kathryn Woolard. American Ethnologist February 2014.


Reclaiming Basque: Language, Nation And Cultural Activism, Jacqueline Urla Jan 2012

Reclaiming Basque: Language, Nation And Cultural Activism, Jacqueline Urla

Jacqueline L. Urla

Introduction (excerpt)


Reclaiming Basque: Language, Nation And Cultural Activism, Jacqueline Urla Jan 2012

Reclaiming Basque: Language, Nation And Cultural Activism, Jacqueline Urla

Jacqueline L. Urla

Table of Contents


Symposium Program: War, Dictatorship & Memory In Spain, Jacqueline Urla Jan 2011

Symposium Program: War, Dictatorship & Memory In Spain, Jacqueline Urla

Jacqueline L. Urla

Program for the Interdisciplinary Symposium, War, Dictatorship and Memory in Spain. Organizers: Justin Crumbaugh, Sara Brenneis and Jacqueline Urla. Oct. 13015, 2011.


Zerain.Com: Cultural Landscape As A Framework For Integrating Sustainable Development, Heritage And Language Preservation, Jacqueline Urla Jun 2010

Zerain.Com: Cultural Landscape As A Framework For Integrating Sustainable Development, Heritage And Language Preservation, Jacqueline Urla

Jacqueline L. Urla

No abstract provided.


“We Are All Malcolm X!”: Negu Gorriak, Hip Hop, And The Basque Political Imaginary, Jacqueline Urla Jan 2001

“We Are All Malcolm X!”: Negu Gorriak, Hip Hop, And The Basque Political Imaginary, Jacqueline Urla

Jacqueline L. Urla

Music has been an important terrain of cultural politics for many minorities and indigenous people, a means of unmasking power imbalances, denouncing injustice, and reframing identities. This paper explores the political imaginary of the Basque radical rock music group Negu Gorriak and the ways they articulated alliances with politicized hip hop. (Prepublication version, no photos)


Basque Language Revival And Popular Culture, Jacqueline Urla Jan 1999

Basque Language Revival And Popular Culture, Jacqueline Urla

Jacqueline L. Urla

This essay argues for the value of examining popular culture as a productive site for the expression of language play and humor in minority language communities. A study of the Basque language comic, Napartheid provides material for studying language mixing and parodic language play that challenge language domination.


The Anthropometry Of Barbie: Unsettling Ideals Of The Feminine Body In Popular Culture., Jacqueline Urla, Alan Swedlund Jan 1995

The Anthropometry Of Barbie: Unsettling Ideals Of The Feminine Body In Popular Culture., Jacqueline Urla, Alan Swedlund

Jacqueline L. Urla

No abstract provided.


Breaking All The Rules: An Interview With Frances Peters, Jacqueline Urla Sep 1993

Breaking All The Rules: An Interview With Frances Peters, Jacqueline Urla

Jacqueline L. Urla

No abstract provided.