“No m’estimis massa; Estima’m sàviament”: La construcció literària de la identitat monstruosa de Barcelona

• Autores: Margarida Casacuberta Rocarols
• Localización: Catalan Review: international journal of Catalan culture, ISSN 0213-5949, Vol. 35, 2021, págs. 49-68
• Idioma: inglés
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  • 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