Resumen de New voices and creative protest in post-2008 Spain: María Folguera’s Los primeros días de Pompeya
In Spain, the 2008 financial crisis exacerbated pre-existing economic and social inequalities. Unemployment skyrocketed, poverty increased, and many people were evicted. In response, Spaniards joined together in solidarity. Movements such as 15-M denounced the neo-liberal policies and corruption that led to the crash and called for change. This article explores how post-2008 Spanish cultural works were another form of resistance that encouraged social mobilization in response to the crisis. The article employs Los primeros días de Pompeya by María Folguera (2016) as a paradigmatic example of how art elicits emotional responses from the spectator that encourage transformation through social mobilization.
