“Lo invisible cotidiano”.
El trabajo doméstico y su representación
en la novela gráfica española
“The invisible everyday”.
Domestic work and its representation
in Spanish graphic novels
Author(s): Magda PotokSubject(s): Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Spanish graphic novel; domestic work; the everyday; literature and social change; Paco Roca; Antonio Altarriba; Ana Penyas;
Summary/Abstract: In recent years, there has been a growing interest in graphic narratives that explore family histories, par-ticularly focusing on women and their roles in daily life. Works such as El ala rota by Antonio Altarribay Kim (2016), Estamos todas bien by Ana Penyas (2017) and Regreso al Edén by Paco Roca (2020) delveinto the lives of mothers and grandmothers, aiming to reclaim their memories and acknowledge the sig-nificance of domestic and care labor, often overlooked in Spanish history. The graphic novels offer a dualrepresentation, combining text and images to depict the struggles women faced in different historicalperiods and the inequalities embedded in domestic work. We aim to critically examine this societal changethrough literature, which blends history, sociology, and personal experience.
Journal: Studia Romanica Posnaniensia
- Issue Year: 51/2024
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 77-96
- Page Count: 20
- Language: Spanish