Quim Monzó and contemporary Catalan culture (1975 -2018) : cultural normalization, postmodernism and national politics / Guillem Colom-Montero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colom-Montero, Guillem, Author.

Series:

Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone cultures ; http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/596402f3-b217-4e39-869d-5046c5224d36 45.

Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone cultures ; 45

Language:

Catalan

English

Subjects (All):

Monzó, Quim, 1952---Criticism and interpretation.

Monzó, Quim.

Politics in literature.

Spain--In literature.

Spain.

Catalonia (Spain)--Social life and customs--20th century.

Catalonia (Spain).

Catalonia (Spain)--Politics and government--20th century.

Monzó, Quim, 1952-.

Manners and customs.

Spain--Catalonia.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 210 pages illustrations, facsimiles 26 cm

illustrations.

facsimiles.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Legenda, [2021]

Language Note:

Main text in English. Includes some text in Catalan with English translations.

Summary:

"Quim Monzó (born Barcelona, 1952) is considered Catalonia's most influential contemporary author, his work studied as a catalyst for the modernization of Catalan culture after General Franco's death in 1975. Analysing Quim Monzó's trajectory from countercultural artist in 1970s Barcelona to celebrity intellectual in the present day, Colom-Montero argues that Monzó's work encapsulates many of the cultural, aesthetic and political tensions in post-Francoist Catalonia. Offering first-time English-language analyses of Monzó's multifaceted artistic trajectory (including political cartoons, translations, journalistic writing, media collaborations and social media persona) as well as new close readings of some of his better-known literary texts, Colom-Montero maps the paradigmatic cultural shifts that have characterized the transition from late Francoist to autonomous and post-referendum Catalonia. At a time of deepening divisions between Catalonia and Spain, in this book Monzó emerges as an author and public intellectual aiming to build a Catalan politico-cultural sphere different from and opposed to that of Spain."--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Quim Monzó, 1975-2018: from counterculture to the Catalan Canon

Moving beyond Resistencialisme

Political cartooning during the Spanish transition

An authoritative cultural mediator

The influence of American libertarianism

Pornographic imagery and masculinity in crisis

A postmodern intellectual and a celebrity author

Afterward, 2010-2020: ten years that shook Catalonia.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-196) and index.

ISBN:

1781883920

9781781883921

9781781883952

1781883955

9781781883983

178188398X

OCLC:

1264721186