“My Village in Spain”: an approach to rural Spain under Franco in the work of Sonia and Tim Gidal

A study of rural Spain as portrayed in Sonia and Tim Gidal’s My Village in Spain (1962), set in Almodóvar del Río. It examines everyday life, traditions and tensions between text and photography in the book’s idealised portrayal of the countryside under Franco.

Year

2026

Authors

Jorge Pérez Burgueño

Publisher

Tirant

Book

España en la escena global. Redes de poder, comercio y cultura (siglos XV-XXI)

Pages

653–668

Publication date

2026-10