Barcelona, City of Margins

Barcelona, City of Margins explores the formation of a space of dissent in the 1950s and 1960s, which became a pillar of protest movements during the Franco dictatorship and the transition to democracy. Olga Sendra Ferrer draws from theoretical readings on built environments, neighborhoods, housing projects, and everyday life to demonstrate the political value of cultural production and representation from peripheral zones.

Format: Hardback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 22 March 2022
Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Barcelona, City of Margins delves into the emergence of a dissenting space in the 1950s and 1960s, which played a pivotal role in the protest movements during the final years of the Franco dictatorship and the transition to democracy. This space of dissent emerged within the margins of what is traditionally considered the official space of Barcelona, highlighting the interconnectedness of urbanism, literature, and photography in shaping the political, social, and cultural movements that emerged in the 1970s. Olga Sendra Ferrer draws upon theoretical readings on built environments, neighborhoods, housing projects, and developments, as well as everyday life within Spanish urban spaces. Through literature and photography, she demonstrates the political significance.value of cultural production and forms of cultural representation that arise from marginalized zones—those pushed aside by exclusionary politics, fascist forms of control, surveillance, and homogenization. In seeking to trace the origins of the protest movements and counterculture that emerged in the final years of the Franco regime, Barcelona, City of Margins emphasizes the significance of urban movement and cultural practice as a challenge to the spatial and urbanistic regime of Francoism.

Weight: 540g
Dimension: 231 x 163 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781487508487