Open Research Europe· 2026Q2
Otherness, class and labor: Internal migration and emigration in four Spanish novels of late Francoism
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Four Spanish novels from the late Francoist era (1959-1969) are analyzed for their literary portrayal of internal migrants and emigrants as figures of 'otherness' within the context of a major rural exodus.
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Key points
- Analyzes four Spanish novels: La mina, Ajena crece la yerba, Hemos perdido el sol, and Cacereño.
- Focuses on the literary representation of internal migrants and emigrants during late Francoism.
- Examines migrant 'otherness' through the lenses of rural reality, migratory obstacles, class, and labor.
- Contextualizes the novels within the significant rural exodus of the 1950s and 1960s.
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Abstract
This article examines four Spanish novels published during the late Francoist period: La mina (1959), by Armando López Salinas; Ajena crece la yerba (1962), by Ramón Solís; Hemos perdido el sol (1963), by Ángel María de Lera; and Cacereño (1969), by Raúl Guerra Garrido. The selection of these novels is not arbitrary: whereas La mina and Cacereño portray internal migration within Spain, the other two depict the experience of Spanish migrants abroad. Nor is the period of their production incidental: the 1950s and 1960s witnessed one of the largest rural exoduses of the twentieth century. The article analyzes the literary construction of migrant subjects as figures of otherness within this sociohistorical context. To this end, it is structured around four analytical axes: (1) the reality of the Spanish countryside, (2) the obstacles inherent in the migratory process, (3) class difference, and (4) labor.
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