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Contemporary Theatre In Catalonia: A Story Of Creative Struggles, Sharon G. Feldman
Contemporary Theatre In Catalonia: A Story Of Creative Struggles, Sharon G. Feldman
Latin American, Latino and Iberian Studies Faculty Publications
The term “normalization” is typically employed within Catalan political and linguistic circles to refer to the process of recuperation, revival, and relegitimization of Catalan cultural and intellectual life that ensued following the period of the Franco dictatorship (1939-1975). Here, to be “normal” is to move from the periphery to the centre, to be regarded as valid rather than illicit, and to be visible and vociferous—even obvious and everyday—instead of obstructed, silenced, or relegated to the margins of exile, the recesses of memory, or the darkness of invisibility. The path along which the contemporary Catalan theatre scene has struggled to recover …