"NO M'ESTIMIS MASSA; ESTIMA'M SÀVIAMENT": LA CONSTRUCCIÓ LITERÀRIA DE LA IDENTITAT MONSTRUOSA DE BARCELONA. (1st June 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: CASACUBERTA, MARGARIDA
• Is Part Of: Catalan review. Volume 35(2021)
• Page Start: 49
• Page End: 68
• Publication Date: 2021-06-01
• Subjects: Catalonia (Spain) -- Civilization -- Periodicals; Catalonia (Spain) -- Social life and customs -- Periodicals; 946.7005
• DOI: 10.3828/catr.35.3
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0213-5949

Abstract

Abstract : This article aims to analyze the process of literary construction of the "monstrous" identity of Barcelona. Specifically, it examines and contextualizes the literary images of the city-as-woman from the mid-nineteenth century until Francoism. The metaphor of Barcelona as a woman is articulated around two axes: the idealization of the city as a compliant and submissive woman, and its monsterification as a rebel woman. Both processes are inextricable and serve to justify (symbolically and literally) the political control of the city.