Between euphoria and disenchantment: The meaning of autonomy in the construction of feminist subjectivities in Aragon (1977-1985)

Abstract

The aim of this article is to explore the construction of feminist subjectivities that coexisted in Aragon between the euphoria of the end of Francoism and the disenchantment about the process of political change. Through three life’s testimonies, I will try to understand the importance of the autonomy for the feminists of the Transition, as well as the multiple meanings that it acquired. The analyzed data are: first, an activist from the Frente Feminista, the majority group in the feminism in Zaragoza, which could identified with feminist socialist). Second, an anarchist whose expression was to seek a genealogy with Mujeres Libres, the recent past of a feminism of Aragonian anarchists. And last, a pacifist woman. The pacifist movement, related to the USA military base and the fear of nuclear war, was a symbol of the Zaragoza of the 80s. A movement that included feminism, environmenalism and nonviolence.