Flagging the Nation in the Basque Country: The Flag War
- Autores: Gorka Etxebarria Dueñas
- Localización: Pulling together or pulling apart?: Perspectives on nationhood, identity and belonging in Europe / coord. por Susana Bayó Belenguer, Nicola Brady, 2020, ISBN 9781789976755, págs. 91-118
- Idioma: español
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Resumen
This chapter questions whether the concept of ‘banal nationalism’ can be applied to thecompeting national identities in the Basque Country, with reference to the controversy andconfrontation that surrounded the display of the national flag in the late 1970s and early1980s. It explores the competing narratives about sovereignty, power and legitimacy, andhow these found expression in disputes over the flying of Spanish and Basque flags fromthe balconies of public buildings. The chapter considers how Basque and Spanish nationalismexist side by side, both in dialogue and in tension with each other, and how changesin the political balance of power can change the context in ways that extend beyond thepolitical sphere, impacting civil society down to the level of the individual.
