This study examines contemporary Spanish dystopian literature and films
(in)directly related to the 2008 financial crisis from an urban cultural
studies perspective. It explores culturally-charged landscapes that
effectively convey the zeitgeist and reveal deep-rooted anxieties about
issues such as globalization, consumerism, immigration, speculation,
precarity, and political resistance (particularly by Indignados
[Indignant Ones] from the 15-M Movement). The book loosely traces the
trajectory of the crisis, with the first part looking at texts that
underscore some of the behaviors that indirectly contributed to the
crisis, and the remaining chapters focusing on works that directly
examine the crisis and its aftermath. This close reading of texts and
films by Ray Loriga, Elia Barceló, Ion de Sosa, José Ardillo, David
Llorente, Eduardo Vaquerizo, and Ricardo Menéndez Salmón offers insights
into the creative ways that these authors and directors use spatial
constructions to capture the dystopian imagination.