Women in the Atlantic Revolutions: The Basque Case (Diaspora and Migration Studies Series Book 21)

What role did women of Basque origin play in the AtlanticRevolutions of the late 18th and early 19th centuries? This book shows howBasque women, both in the Basque Country and in America, played a significantrole in the warlike, revolutionary and disruptive processes of the period. Wecannot forget that several of the heroines of the American independenceprocesses came from Basque families. Meanwhile, on the other side of theAtlantic Ocean, women in the Basque Country also had to face the warlike contextof the Napoleonic Wars and the collapse of the Ancien Régime.The book compiles a multitude of female experiences andtheir performance in difficult times: being victims of war, active subjects inthe war conflict, allies or detractors of one or another political cause, etc.In short, this book banishes the traditional secondary role attributed to womenwithin these processes, critically redefining their value.The book also analyses the discourses on femininity and thevirile woman developed within the Atlantic framework and the role played by theBasques in the independence of America. Read more