{"product_id":"9788416421879","title":"The past in question","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Past Set to Music\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBook Summary\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis essay explores the role of popular music as a vehicle for historical memory in 20th-century Spanish literature and cinema. Through the analysis of songs in key works, the author unveils how music becomes a gateway to the emotional and submerged experience of the Civil War and the Franco regime. An essential study for understanding how popular culture processes, remembers, and sometimes forgets the traumatic past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is it about?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book examines the function of songs in literary and filmic texts, using them as an entry point into the historical memory of the Civil War and the Franco dictatorship. The analysis begins by exploring the cathartic effect that postwar songs have on the memoir-style texts of Manuel Vázquez Montalbán and Carmen Martín Gaite. Next, the research delves into the complex relationships between music and oblivion in the early films of Pedro Almodóvar, the literature of Generation X, and the most commercially successful contemporary musicals. The work proposes that popular music does not just accompany, but rather shapes and transmits a historical experience that is often silenced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eMain Themes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical memory of the Civil War and the Franco regime through popular culture.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eAnalysis of the function of popular music (songs) in literature and cinema.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eRelationship between music, catharsis, and the emotional experience of the traumatic past.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe role of oblivion and memory in the mass culture of the Transition and democracy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eStudy of works by Vázquez Montalbán, Carmen Martín Gaite, Pedro Almodóvar, and Generation X.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWho is it recommended for?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is aimed at scholars and fans of contemporary Spanish literature and cinema, as well as readers interested in historical memory, the sociology of culture, and the analysis of the impact of popular music on society. It will also be of great interest to those seeking an original perspective on the work of authors such as Vázquez Montalbán, Martín Gaite, or Almodóvar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat this book contributes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA novel methodology that uses music as a key to accessing historical memory.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eAn in-depth analysis of how popular culture processes and represents collective trauma.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA refreshed vision of canonical authors and works from an interdisciplinary perspective.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA reflection on the mechanisms of remembrance and forgetting in contemporary Spanish society.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eTechnical Specifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Anido Muñoz, Raquel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Anthropos Editorial\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spanish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eSubject:\u003c\/strong\u003e Films, cinema, music, literary essays, literary studies: c 1900-\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eCollection:\u003c\/strong\u003e Library of Authors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 2018\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eEditorial Assessment\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a rigorous academic essay that offers an original and necessary perspective on historical memory in Spain. Its interdisciplinary approach, which connects musicology, literary studies, and film analysis, makes it a reference work for specialists and a stimulating read for anyone interested in how popular culture negotiates with the past. The selection of authors and works analyzed is pertinent and representative, which provides solidity to the study as a whole.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTHROPOS EDITORIAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53409991426395,"sku":"9788416421879","price":16.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/0650\/6331\/files\/978841642187.jpg?v=1781899516","url":"https:\/\/kalamobooks.com\/en\/products\/9788416421879","provider":"Kalamo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}