Urban peripheries: portrait of outskirts in Javier Pérez Andújar’s novels
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autofiction, democracy, outskirts, metafiction, periphery.
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Javier Pérez Andújar, writing his own memory, creates in Los príncipes valientes (2007) and Paseos con mi madre (2011) a deep portrait of the outskirts of Barcelona. In both novels, the author combines different elements: the oral memory, metafiction, reports and popular culture. With all these elements, Pérez Andújar explains the story of three generations who live in the surroundings of the city. The article focuses its analysis, based on a historical context, on the configuration of the space and the analysis, reflected in both novels, of the morphological and social characteristics typical of the outskirts. This way, the historical and social significance of the suburbs of Barcelona is demonstrated.Downloads
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García Ponce D. (2016). Urban peripheries: portrait of outskirts in Javier Pérez Andújar’s novels. Ángulo Recto. Revista de estudios sobre la ciudad como espacio plural, 7(2), 19-33. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ANRE.2015.v7.n2.52001
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