WOMEN AND SPORT DURING FRANCOISM (1939-1975). PILOT STUDY ON ORAL MEMORY OF SPORTSWOMEN

This research focuses on female athletes during the Franco dictatorship (1939-1975) and their perceptions about the circumstances surrounding the female sport at that period. The main objective is to analyze and compare the social, moral, cultural, aesthetic and food involved in the experience of women athletes during the Franco regime, in order to enhance knowledge about the invisibility of women during this period and assist in the recovery of memory of women athletes. The study was carried out through a sample of 24 women of Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Catalonia, Basque Country and Valencia who have been interviewed by regional research teams from 6 different universities. The analysis of the stories of women have resulted in significant lines of interpretation of limitations start of practice in the postwar period, the incidence of moral and religious discourse dominant, gender stereotypes, the influence of socio-sports context in the perception of the Franco sports organizations, body image, the invisibility of women in the media and food shortages.