{"product_id":"genre-fusion-sara-j-brenneis-9781557536785","title":"Genre Fusion: A New Approach to History, Fiction, and Memory in Contemporary Spain","description":"Although the boom in historical fiction and historiography about Spain's recent past has found an eager readership, these texts are rarely studied as two halves of the same story. With \u003ci\u003eGenre Fusion: A New Approach to History, Fiction, and Memory in Contemporary Spain\u003c\/i\u003e, Sara J. Brenneis argues that fiction and nonfiction written by a single author and focused on the same historical moment deserve to be read side-by-side. By proposing a literary model that examines these genres together, \u003ci\u003eGenre Fusion\u003c\/i\u003e gives equal importance to fiction and historiography in Spain. In her book, Brenneis develops a new theory of \"genre fusion\" to show how authors who write both historiography and fiction produce a more accurate representation of the lived experience of Spanish history than would be possible in a single genre. \u003ci\u003eGenre Fusion\u003c\/i\u003e opens with a straightforward overview of the relationships among history, fiction, and memory in contemporary culture. While providing an up-to-date context for scholarly debates about Spain's historical memory, \u003ci\u003eGenre Fusion\u003c\/i\u003e also expands the contours of the discussion beyond the specialized territory of Hispanic studies. To demonstrate the theoretical necessity of genre fusion, Brenneis analyzes pairs of interconnected texts (one a work of literature, the other a work of historiography) written by a single author. She explores how fictional and nonfictional works by Montserrat Roig, Carmen Mart? Gaite, Carlos Blanco Aguinaga, and Javier Mar?s unearth the collective memories of Spain's past. Through these four authors, \u003ci\u003eGenre Fusion\u003c\/i\u003en traces the transformation of a country once enveloped in a postwar silence to one currently consumed by its own history and memory. Brenneis demonstrates that, when read through the lens of genre fusion, these Spanish authors shelve the country's stagnant official record of its past and unlock the collective and personal accounts of the people who constitute Spanish history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sara J. Brenneis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1557536783\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781557536785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Purdue University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Sara J. Brenneis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939619832063,"sku":"9781557536785","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5c8e28e8-9fb7-4309-b81f-5d36ecd0aa29.jpg?v=1681442553","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/genre-fusion-sara-j-brenneis-9781557536785","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}