Rebels of Desire by Carlos Barea Castellano

• Did you know that Tórtola Valencia, one of the most famous dancers of the first third of the 20th century, had to adopt her girlfriend so that she could inherit, and that they are now buried as mother and daughter in a cemetery in Barcelona? And that Luis Cernuda, one of the greats of the Generation of ’27, wrote *Poems for a Body* inspired by a Mexican bodybuilder with whom he fell in love?
• I bet you didn’t know either that Francis Bacon, one of the most important British painters of the 20th century, died in Madrid because he had come to Spain to meet a boyfriend, or that Carmen Conde, the first woman to be admitted to the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language, spent much of her life with another woman?
• This is just a small sample of the names you’ll find in the pages of this insightful essay which, with a lively and direct style, aims to give due recognition to artists who had to hide their sexual dissidence or risk facing the consequences of living it openly.
• Biographies such as those of Gil de Biedma, Miguel de Molina and Mari Trini, amongst others, will help us to reconstruct part of the dissident cultural memory of the 20th century, as well as demonstrating that the rebels of desire—those who had to challenge established social norms—have always been there.
• Pages: 240
• Binding: softback
• Author: Carlos Barea
• Language: Spanish
• Year: 2025
• ISBN: 9788401036712

Publisher: Plaza & Janes