An important contribution to the still evolving field of 'urban cultural studies, ' Henri Lefebvre and the Spanish Urban Experience is the first book to thoroughly apply the French urban philosopher's thoughts on cities to the culture and literature of Spain. Fraser shows how Lefebvre's complex view of the city as a mobile phenomenon is relevant to understanding a variety of Spanish cultural products--from urban plans and short writings on the urban experience during the nineteenth century by Mariano Jos de Larra, Ram n de Mesonero Ramanos, and Ildefons Cerd to urban theories, cultural practices and literary fiction of the twentieth by Luis Mart n-Santos, Juan Jos Mill s, Juan Goytisolo, and Manuel Delgado Ruiz. He pushes on to interrogate even the appearance of Mediterranean space and Barcelona in recent video games. Working through the direct and indirect resonance of the French philosopher's legacy in Spain, a comprehensive first chapter grounds the reader in the key concepts of