Generation X Rocks

, by Henseler, Christine; Pope, Randolph D.

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ISBN: 9780826515643 | 0826515649
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 6/18/2007

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Essays in this volume explore the popular cultural effects of rock culture on high literary production in Spain in the 1990s.

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Introduction : generation X and rock : the sounds of a new tradition
Rocking the academy : generation X narratives
A distopian culture : the minimalist paradigm in the generation X	p. 3
The Pistols strike again! : on the function of punk in the peninsular "generation X" fiction of Ray Loriga and Benjamin Prado	p. 15
What we talk about when we talk about dirty realism in Spain	p. 33
Can anyone rock like we do? : sex, drugs, and rock & roll, then and now
Can anyone rock like we do? : or, how the gen X aesthetic transcends the age of the writer	p. 59
Apocalypses now : the end of Spanish literature? : reading Payasos en la lavadora as critical parody	p. 78
Not your father's rock and roll : listening to transitional/eighties writers and generation X	p. 97
Historias del Kronen on the rocks
Between rock and the rocking chair : the epilogue's resistance in Historias del Kronen	p. 115
Realism on the rocks in the generational novel : "rummies," rhythm, and rebellion in Historias del Kronen and The sun also rises	p. 126
Rocking the road with Ray Loriga
Reckless driving : speed, mobility, and transgression in the Spanish "rock 'n' road" novel	p. 153
Television and the power of image in Caidos del cielo and La pistola de mi hermano by Ray Loriga	p. 170
Rocking around Ray Loriga's Heroes : video-clip literature and the televisual subject	p. 184
The soundtrack of gender : violating visions and the psychological power of rock
Watching, wanting, and the gen X soundtrack of Gabriela Bustelo's Veo Veo	p. 203
Saved by art : entrapment and freedom in Iciar Bollain's Te doy mis ojos	p. 216
Afterword : the moment X in Spanish narrative (and beyond)	p. 235
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