Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Part One. Historical Representations: Introduction; Chapter 1. History as Myth, Legend, and Devotion; Chapter 2. History as War; Chapter 3. History as Heroism; Chapter 4. History as Tragedy; Part Two. Baserri Society and Culture: Introduction; Chapter 5. The Baserria: A Social and Economic Institution; Chapter 6. Baserri Culture: Obsolescence and Symbolization; Chapter 7. Baserri Cooperativism: Testing the Limits of Communal Ideas; Gallery 1; Part Three. Performances in Culture: Introduction
Chapter 8. Joko, Jolas, Burruka: Antagonistic Performances in CultureChapter 9. Ehiza: The Hunting Model of Performance; Chapter 10. The Bertsolariak as a Cultural Model of Performance; Part Four. The Cultural Metaphors of the Beast and the Beauty: Introduction; Chapter 11. Beasts and Men: Primordial Metaphors of Savagery, Enclosure, and Ascent; Chapter 12. The Amabirjina: Icon and Sacrament; Part Five. Ekintza: Ritual Action: Introduction; Chapter 13. Ritual Forms and Performances in Basque Mythology and Political Violence; Conclusion; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index
