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Lekuak: The Basque Places of Boise, Idaho
Lekuak is a cultural journey through Boise Idaho from a unique perspective: that of the indelible mark Basque immigrants from Euskal Herria the Basque Country and their descendants have made on the city. This journey is not only through parts of the city's landscape but also through generations past present and future. From the introduction: Lekuak means "places" in the Basque language. This book Lekuak traces how Basque places in Boise reflect the transformation of ethnic identity through successive generations. Today the Basque places of Boise still remarkably represent Old World values that the first generation of immigrants from the Basque Country brought with them. These unique Basque places reveal at least one common thread: the Basque community or neighborhood the auzoa. In the Old World maintenance of an auzoa was highly dependent upon communal work or auzolan. This principle helped Basque immigrants resettle their lives in new places or "new soil" and continues into today. Includes historical Basque timeline, maps, photos, and more.
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Lekuak: The Basque Places of Boise, Idaho
Lekuak is a cultural journey through Boise Idaho from a unique perspective: that of the indelible mark Basque immigrants from Euskal Herria the Basque Country and their descendants have made on the city. This journey is not only through parts of the city's landscape but also through generations past present and future. From the introduction: Lekuak means "places" in the Basque language. This book Lekuak traces how Basque places in Boise reflect the transformation of ethnic identity through successive generations. Today the Basque places of Boise still remarkably represent Old World values that the first generation of immigrants from the Basque Country brought with them. These unique Basque places reveal at least one common thread: the Basque community or neighborhood the auzoa. In the Old World maintenance of an auzoa was highly dependent upon communal work or auzolan. This principle helped Basque immigrants resettle their lives in new places or "new soil" and continues into today. Includes historical Basque timeline, maps, photos, and more.
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Lekuak: The Basque Places of Boise, Idaho

Lekuak: The Basque Places of Boise, Idaho

by Meggan Laxalt Mackey
Lekuak: The Basque Places of Boise, Idaho

Lekuak: The Basque Places of Boise, Idaho

by Meggan Laxalt Mackey

Overview

Lekuak is a cultural journey through Boise Idaho from a unique perspective: that of the indelible mark Basque immigrants from Euskal Herria the Basque Country and their descendants have made on the city. This journey is not only through parts of the city's landscape but also through generations past present and future. From the introduction: Lekuak means "places" in the Basque language. This book Lekuak traces how Basque places in Boise reflect the transformation of ethnic identity through successive generations. Today the Basque places of Boise still remarkably represent Old World values that the first generation of immigrants from the Basque Country brought with them. These unique Basque places reveal at least one common thread: the Basque community or neighborhood the auzoa. In the Old World maintenance of an auzoa was highly dependent upon communal work or auzolan. This principle helped Basque immigrants resettle their lives in new places or "new soil" and continues into today. Includes historical Basque timeline, maps, photos, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781935709954
Publisher: Center for Basque Studies Press
Publication date: 10/05/2018
Series: Diaspora and Migration Studies
Pages: 172
Sales rank: 877,982
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.37(d)

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS || ix

PREFACE || 1

Basques in the Old World

Basques in the New World

INTRODUCTION || 9

CHAPTER 1 - BAT || 15

Amerikanuak: Places by Basques, for Basques (Late 1800s -1920s)

Boardinghouses

Frontons

Church of the Good Shepherd

Conclusion

CHAPTER 2 - BI || 37

Tartekoak: Bridges between Two Worlds (1930s -1950s)

Residences

Workplaces

Morris Hill Cemetery: St. John’s Section

Temporary Places: Picnics and Mutual Aid Society Events

Boise’s Basque Center

Conclusion

CHAPTER 3 - HIRU || 71

Egungoak: Public Places of Shared Learning (1960s -Present)

Cultural Plurality on Display

The Influence of Education

Basque Museum and Cultural Center

Anduiza Fronton: Reclaimed

Basque Center Façade

Unmarked Basque Graves Projects

Boiseko Ikastola

The Basque Mural

Conclusion

CHAPTER 4 - LAU || 85

Aurrera - Moving Forward (The Future)

The Basque Block: Public Cultural Expression

Preserving Culture: Basque Places in the Twenty-First Century

POSTSCRIPT: WHY BOISE? || 99

TIMELINE || 111

LIST OF TERMS || 119

BOISE: UNIQUELY BASQUE || 125

Boise’s Basque Cultural Components

MAPS || 129

Euskal Herria (The Basque Country)

Ostatuak: Basque Boardinghouses of Boise, Idaho

St. John’s Section at Morris Hill Cemetery Plots (1935 - 1950)

ENDNOTES || 135

BIBLIOGRAPHY || 147

TIMELINE PHOTO CREDITS || 155

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