Towards a Queer Basque nation through Itxaro Borda's poetry Authors Ibai Atutxa Universitat de València Keywords: queer theory, poetry, Basque literature, Itxaro Borda, identity, nation Abstract This article analyzes different discursive figurations that can be found in Itxaro Borda's poetry and that try to build a Basque national community based on poststructuralist premises. A subversive voice that defends its own difference makes a dissenting understanding of the Basque nation possible. From a lesbian identity, a borderland Basque nation is defended while, at the same time, traditionalist and atavist ideas of the nation are rejected and their inherent contradictions shown; and a defence of another Basque identity, an anti-essentialist nation, in a continuous changing process, is disseminated and is confronted to discriminating and coercing values. Downloads PDF (Català) Issue No. 17 (2011): Queerencias. Literaturas hispánicas y estudios LGBTQ Section Miscellaneous License The Author retains ownership of the copyright in this article, unless the opposite is expressed, and all rights not expressly granted in this agreement, including the nonexclusive right to reproduce, distribute, perform, and display the article in print or electronic form, and grants, Lectora: revista de dones i textualitat the exclusive rights to print publication of the Article for a period beginning when this Agreement is executed and ending twelve (12) months after the first publicaton of the work in this Journal. After this time, the work will be available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works license, by which the article must be credited to the Author and the Journal be credited as first place of publication. Beginning twelve (12) months after the article´s first publication, the Author is free to enter in seperate, additional contractual agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the work as published in this journal. The Author is encouraged to post the work online (eg in institutional or subject repositories, or on their website) after the exclusivity period of twelve (12) months has expired, as it can lead to productive exchanges as well as a greater citation of the published work (see The Effect of Open Access).
