Record Nr.

UNINA9910798751503321

Autore

Song H. Rosi <1970->

Titolo

Lost in transition : constructing memory in contemporary Spain / / H. Rosi Song [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2016

ISBN

1-78138-398-7

1-78138-460-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 212 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone cultures

Disciplina

946.083

Soggetti

History in popular culture - Spain

Collective memory - Spain

History

Spain History 1975- Historiography

Spain Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Jul 2017).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references, filmographies and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Ackowledgements; Introduction; 1. Transitional Memories; 2. Ordinary Memories: Feeling the Past; 3. The Moment of Memory; 4. Mediating Memory (or Telling How It Happened); 5. Transitional Stories; Conclusion; Filmography; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines how the political period in Spain following Franco's death, known as the Transición, is being remembered by a group of writers, filmmakers and TV producers born in the sixties and early seventies. Reading against the dominant historical account that celebrates Spain's successful democratisation, this study reveals how recent television, film and fiction recreate this past from a generational perspective, linking the experience of the Transición to the country's present political and financial crises. Privileging above all an emotional connection, these artists use personal feelings about the past to analyse and revisit the history of their coming-of-age years. Lost in Transition considers the implications of adopting such a subjective positioning towards history that encourages an unending narrative, always in search of more meaningful and intimate connections with the past. Taking into account

recent theoretical approaches to memory studies, this book proposes a new look at the production of memory in contemporary Spain and its close relationship to popular culture, shifting the focus from what is remembered to how the past is recalled affectively to be made part of an ongoing and enduring everyday experience.