The Basque nation on-screen
Subtitle: cinema, nationalism, and political violence
By: Santiago de Pablo ; translated by Robert Forstag
Series: Douglass scholar series -- no. 2
Publisher: Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, Reno
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Reno, Nev
Language: eng
Number of pages: 471
ISBN-13: 9781935709237
Subjects: Motion pictures; In motion pictures; Nationalism in motion pictures; ETA (Organization); Basques in motion pictures; Nationalism; Autonomy and independence movements; History
Description: The Basque Nation On-Screen looks at the role of film as historical witness, its influence on society, and its ability to help forge a collective memory. The Basque Country is an interesting case study in terms of exploring the complex relationships among films, society, nationalism, and political violence, which de Pablo analyzes in this work. This book examines the historical relationship between films and Basque nationalism from a twofold perspective: the use of cinematic productions by Basque nationalism as a means of inculcating national identity and ideology, and the depiction of Basque nationalism and especially the ETA terrorism in films. Cinema provides new analytical perspectives of the history of Basque nationalism and has contributed to the strengthening of Basque national identity, to shaping its collective store of ideas, and to fostering a historical memory of an unmistakably nationalist stripe.
Notes: Translation of an unpublished Spanish manuscript.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A brief history of Basque nationalism; title: Cinema and Basque national identity: two parallel developments; title: From Sabino Arana to the Civil War; title: Defeat, Franco's repression, and exile; title: ETA during the Franco years: symbols in construction; title: An uneasy transition; title: Repression and dirty war; title: Coming back home; title: ETA in action; title: The victims' hour of reckoning; title: Conclusion.