{"product_id":"barcelona-city-of-margins-hardback-9781487508487","title":"Barcelona, City of Margins (Hardback) 9781487508487","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBarcelona, City of Margins\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eOlga Sendra Ferrer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487508487\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 February 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages, 35 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 16.3 x 2.8 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sendra Ferrer sees her work as a recovery project, and the findings are illuminating and intriguing. The book is not an easy read, but it includes extremely valuable information and arguments.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - E. H. Friedman, Vanderbilt University (\u003cem\u003eCHOICE Connect\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBarcelona, City of Margins \u003c\/i\u003eis an impressive piece of scholarship, uncovering the dialogic interaction between centre and margins, to provide new important insights into Barcelona\u0026amp;#x2019;s urban and sociocultural history.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - John McCulloch, The Bulletin of Spanish Studies Trust (\u003cem\u003eBulletin of Spanish Studies\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBarcelona, City of Margins\u003c\/em\u003e studies the creation of a space of dissent in the 1950s and 1960s that became the pillar of the protest movements during the final years of the Franco dictatorship and the transition to democracy. This space of dissent took shape in the margins of what is considered the official space of the city of Barcelona, revealing the interconnection of urbanism, literature, and photography in the formation of the political, social, and cultural movements to come in the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOlga Sendra Ferrer draws from theoretical readings on built environments, neighbourhoods, housing projects and developments, and everyday life within Spanish urban spaces. Literature and photography demonstrate the political value of cultural production and forms of cultural representation that occur from peripheral zones – those pushed aside by exclusionary politics, fascist forms of control, surveillance, and homogenization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn search of the origins of the protest movements and counter culture that would come in the final years of the Franco regime, \u003ci\u003eBarcelona, City of Margins\u003c\/i\u003e asserts the value of urban movement and cultural practice as a challenge to the spatial and urbanistic regime of Francoism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Coming into Presence: Margin and Dissent in the Barcelona of Francoism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. A Change of Pace: The Spatial Dimensions of the Franco Dictatorship\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Breaking the Silence: The Cultural Mobilization of Francisco Candel\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Quiet Revolution of Photography: The Barcelona of Joan Colom\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. A Female City: Colita and the Conceptualization of Barcelona\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: The Elusive Landscape\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595491012888,"sku":"9781487508487","price":35.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/barcelona-city-of-margins-hardback-9781487508487","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}