Milicianas : women in combat in the Spanish Civil War / Lisa Margaret Lines.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lines, Lisa Margaret, 1980-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women revolutionaries.

Militia.

History.

Women in combat.

Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Participation, Female.

Spain.

Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Women.

Women in combat--Spain--History--20th century.

Spain--Militia--History--20th century.

Women revolutionaries--Spain.

Physical Description:

xi, 213 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Women in combat in the Spanish Civil War

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2012]

Summary:

Women played an integral role in the Spanish Civil War. In fact, women's participation in the anti-fascist resistance constituted one of the greatest mass political mobilizations of women in Spain's history. Milicianas provides a comprehensive picture of what life was like for the women who fought alongside their male comrades during the first year of the Spanish Civil War, focusing on how the women themselves viewed this experience. It examines the political and social forces that led to the acceptance of women into the ranks of armed combatants, and those that led to their eventual removal from the front. Book jacket.

Contents:

Women in Spain 1800-1936

Women and the social revolution in the Republican Zone

The initial reaction: street fighting and formation of the militias

Milicianas in combat

Changing attitudes and the decision to remove milicianas from combat

Representations of milicianas

Conclusion

Notes on the sources.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739164921

0739164929

9780739164945

0739164945

OCLC:

755698783