Author: Jesús A. Martínez.
Vietnamitas contra Franco is a history of clandestine written culture during the dictatorship, which deals with its production and the circuits through which it passed with all its social, cultural and political implications. It manifested itself in a wide variety of media, formats and techniques, with letters, drawings and images intersecting and feeding off each other in as many different versions and contents as there were unlimited creative possibilities.
The “little Vietnamese girls” symbolised a tenacious gesture of permanent rebellion and became the emblem of the agitation and struggle against the dictatorship. They were the “Vietnamese against Franco”.
There were many symbols on which clandestine activity rested. But among them all, the devices with which most of the leaflets, bulletins and newspapers were produced in a rudimentary way, adapted to the difficult conditions of clandestinity, stood out. The most widespread technique was based on mimeography, which made it possible to reproduce thousands of texts quickly, silently and cheaply using multicopiers. Its homemade production was within the reach of any clandestine who wanted to spread propaganda and relied on small, simple machines that ended up adopting the term “Vietnamese” as the most widespread name in the jargon of the underground.
Pages: 348
Publisher: CÁTEDRA
Binding: Soft cover
ISBN: 9788437646404
RPP: 27,50 euros
