ABSTRACT
Historical studies on the 1918–19 flu have traditionally tended to analyze the impact and consequences of the epidemic in the medical, demographic and social fields, leaving its political and cultural implications in the dark. There are still few studies that start from a culturalist approach to analyze the impact and consequences of the epidemic in Catalonia and, in turn, studies on localities have not been incorporated into works of a more general nature. The political system of the Spanish Restoration was also going through moments of serious instability, especially after the triple crisis of the summer of 1917, which was a turning point: a military challenge, a political challenge and a social challenge. From the end of August, the first significant flu outbreaks began to be recorded among populations in Catalonia. In fact, the president of the Barcelona College of Physicians had already warned at the beginning of the month of the high number of people suffering from the flu.
