O militante clandestino: memória, identidade e família

Abstract

The object of this research is to study people involved in clandestine struggles, their identity and relationship they establish with their families. Without a specific place to live, barred from the public sphere, denied their political rights, the option for revolutionary struggle was the only solution they could find. To flee from everything that smacked of repression was their only aim and, of course, making the revolutionary struggle a necessity for survival. While avoiding relationships that might result in strong sentiments of passion, animated by their memories, recalling that humanity does not yes exist for them personally, one may see the inhuman side of things. At the same time however it shows the more elegant or honorable meaning of a person isolated in a clandestine struggle. It also confirms the fact that a member of an illegal organization or party can influence his time, rediscover his identity, renew his acquaintance with relations and, at the same time, dream.