Women and ETA: The gender politics of radical Basque nationalism [Paperback]

Drawing on a unique body of oral history interviews, archival material and published sources, this book shows how womens participation in radical Basque nationalism has changed from the founding of ETA in 1959 to the present. It analyses several aspects of womens nationalist activism: collaboration and direct activism in ETA, cultural movements, motherhood, prison and feminism. By focusing on gender politics Women and ETA offers new perspectives on the history of ETA, including recruitment, the militarization of radical Basque nationalism, and the role of the media in shaping popular understandings of terrorism. These arguments are directly relevant to the study of women in other insurgence and terrorist movements.

The book will be of interest to scholars and students of history, Hispanic studies, gender studies, anthropology and politics, as well as to journalists and readers interested in womens participation in contemporary conflicts and terrorist movements.

GBWomen and ETA is the first book-length study of women in radical Basque nationalism. It uses a unique body of oral history interviews to examine the history of women as supporters and direct participants in ETA, including violence, from 1959 to the period before ETAs declaration of a permanent ceasefire in March 2006.Carrie Hamilton is Reader in Spanish at Roehampton University, London

At a time when conflicts in Europe, the Middle East and elsewhere are highlighting womens roles as armed activists and combatants, Women and ETA offers the first book-length study of womens participation in Spains oldest armed movement.

Drawing on a unique body of oral history interviews, archival material and published sources, this book shows how womens participation in radical Basque nationalism has changed from the founding of ETA in 1959 to the present. It analyses several aspects of womens nationalist activism: collaboration and direct activism in ETA, cultural movements, motherhood, prilãÈ