Witches and Wily Women: Saving Noka Through Basque Folklore and Song

by Begoña Echeverría and Echeverria

A passionate and enlightened defense of noka, the second person familiar pronoun for a female addressee in the Basque language ("Euskera"), this book provides unique insights into Basque culture, language, and gender. These insights may otherwise be lost forever, as noka is disappearing from speech. Echeverria shows how noka became marginalized, and illustrates the vibrant sociolinguistic life noka has led over 500 hundred years of Basque...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1949805352
• ISBN13: 9781949805352
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Center for Basque Studies Press
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.4"