Women Political Prisoners After the Spanish Civil War: Narratives of Resistance and Survival

by Ruth Fisher

Book Overview

At the end of the Spanish Civil War the Nationalist government instigated mass repression against anyone suspected of loyalty to the defeated Republican side. Around 200,000 people were imprisoned for political crimes in the weeks and months following 1st April 1939, including thousands of women who were charged with offences ranging from directing the home front to supporting their loved ones engaged in combat. Many women wrote and published texts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789760976
• ISBN13: 9781789760972
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"