Jazz Age Barcelona

Using periodicals and recently rediscovered archival material, Davidson considers the relationship between the political pressures of a brutal class war, the grasp of a repressive dictatorship, and the engagement of the city's young intellectuals with Barcelona's culture and environment.

List of contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Barcelona Boom Town

Where Others Fear to Tread: El Escandalo and Sangre en Atarazanas

The Urban Aesthetics of Jazz Rhythm

Vantage Point: Barcelona's Mirador (1929-31)

An Age in Pictures: Imatges (1930)

The Color of a Cocktail: J.M. de Sagarra's Aperitiu and Vida privada



Picking Up the Tab

Notes

Works Cited

Index

About the author

Robert Davidson is an associate professor of Spanish and Catalan at the University of Toronto, and the author of Jazz Age Barcelona, also published by University of Toronto Press.

Summary

Using periodicals and recently rediscovered archival material, Davidson considers the relationship between the political pressures of a brutal class war, the grasp of a repressive dictatorship, and the engagement of the city's young intellectuals with Barcelona's culture and environment.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Davidson, Robert A Davidson, Robert A. Davidson
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.08.2009
• EAN: 9781442610439
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-1043-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Studies in Book and Print Culture; Studies in Book and Print Cult; Studies in Book and Print Cult; Studies in Book and Print Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories