Lost in Transition: Constructing Memory in by H. Rosi Song HARDBACK

Liverpool University Press

Lost in Transition: Constructing Memory in Contemporary SpainAuthor(s): H. Rosi Song\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Liverpool University Press\nISBN-13: 9781781382875, 978-1781382875\nSynopsis\nThis book examines how the political period in Spain following Franco's death, known as theTransicin,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 Spains successful democratisation, this study reveals how recent television, film and fiction recreate this past from a generational perspective, linking the experience of theTransicinto the countrys 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 [url] in Transitionconsiders the implications of adopting such a subjective pos.