Description
WOMEN AND REPRESSION IN VANDELLÒS DURING THE EARLY FRANCO REGIME
Book Summary
An essential work for understanding how the Francoist dictatorship used gender-based repression as a tool for social control. The author, Lluc Margalef Boquera, focuses on the specific case of the women of Vandellòs during the postwar period to uncover the economic, political, and social vexations they suffered. The book analyzes how the new order imposed a model of the Catholic, docile, and submissive woman, and how institutions such as the Church and the Women's Section (Sección Femenina) were key to perpetuating this oppression.
What is it about?
The book delves into the specific repression suffered by the women of Vandellòs during the early years of the Franco regime. The author explains how pain, punishment, and the conception of a political enemy were used as weapons to implement the new order. The work makes it clear that although some women were directly retaliated against, all were losers with the triumph of the dictatorship, as an ideal of femininity based on submission and obedience was imposed upon them. Furthermore, it highlights the leading role of socializing agents such as the Church, the school, and the Falange's Women's Section, which propagated the National-Catholic doctrine and made women participants in the transmission of these traditional values.
Main themes
- Gender-based repression during the early Franco regime
- Imposition of a Catholic and submissive model of woman
- Role of the Church and the Women's Section as repressive agents
- Economic, political, and social vexations against the women of Vandellòs
- The postwar period as a tool for social and political control
Who is it recommended for?
This book is ideal for readers interested in the local history of Catalonia, Francoist repression, gender studies, and historical memory. It is also a reference work for researchers, students of contemporary history, and individuals who wish to understand how the dictatorship used the control of women as a tool of power.
What this book contributes
- A detailed analysis of gender-based repression in a local context, that of Vandellòs.
- Understanding of how Francoism imposed a model of woman based on submission and obedience.
- Visibility of the role of institutions such as the Church and the Women's Section in the transmission of the National-Catholic doctrine.
- A perspective on the postwar period from the viewpoint of women, often forgotten in historiography.
Technical data
- Author: MARGALEF BOQUERA, LLUC
- Publisher: Cossetània Edicions
- Language: Catalan
- Subject: POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, LOCAL HISTORY
- Collection: LES NOSTRES ARRELS
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: May 2020
- Number of pages: 96
- Weight: 234 g
Editorial review
A brief but intense work that provides a local and concrete vision of Francoist repression against women. The author combines historical rigor with an accessible narrative, making it suitable for both specialists and readers interested in historical memory. The book stands out for focusing on a group that is often rendered invisible and for analyzing how the dictatorship instrumentalized gender as a tool of control. Recommended for those looking for a detailed and human approach to the postwar period from a gender perspective.